Rig Veda 1.187.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 187, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.187

Devata: Soma (as Pitu/Madhu: the delight-draught)

Chandas: Gayatri/Anuṣṭubh uncertain (meter requires syllable verification; short verse suggests non-Trishtubh)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स्वादो पितो मधो पितो वयं त्वा ववृमहे । अस्माकमविता भव ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.187.2

Transliteration

svā́do pito mádho pito vayáṁ tvā vavṛmahe | asmā́kam avitā́ bhava ||

Translation

O Sweet One, O Drink; O Honeyed One, O Drink—towards you we turn and choose you. Become the protector and upholder of our inner being.

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Word by Word

• स्वादो: O sweet one
• स्वादो: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Adjective (vocative used substantively)
• Root: स्वादु- (प्रातिपदिक; PIE *swād- ‘sweet’)

• पितो: O drinker
• पितो: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (agentive, vocative)
• Root: पा (धातु ‘to drink’) → पितृ/पितु- (Vedic vocative of ‘drinker’)

• मधो: O honey / O sweet drink
• मधो: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: मधु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितो: O drinker
• पितो: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (agentive, vocative)
• Root: पा (धातु) → पितु- (agent noun, Vedic voc.)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ववृमहे: we have chosen / we choose
• ववृमहे: (क्रिया) — कर्तृ: वयम्; कर्म: त्वा
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु; Vedic ‘to choose, to seek, to prefer’)

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun (genitive)
• Root: अस्मद्-

• अविता: protector, helper
• अविता: कर्तृ (of भव)
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: अवितृ- (from अव् ‘to help, protect’ + तृ agent suffix)

• भव: become / be
• भव: (क्रिया) — संबोधितः कर्ता (त्वम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु ‘to be, become’)