Rig Veda 8.5.14: Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 14

Sukta 8.5

Rishi: Kāṇva/pragātha tradition (RV 8.5).

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: To be validated.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अस्य पिबतमश्विना युवं मदस्य चारुणः । मध्वो रातस्य धिष्ण्या ॥

Transliteration

asyá píbatam aśvinā yuváṃ mádasya cā́ruṇaḥ | mádhvo rātásya dhiṣṇyā ||

Translation

Drink of this; you two are the fit enjoyers of the beautiful ecstasy—drink of the given honey-delight, O enthroned powers, and let it establish its right working within us.

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Word by Word

• अस्य: of this (soma/this drink)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्य (षष्ठी एकवचन)

• पिबतम्: drink (you two)!
• पिबतम्: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पाने)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins
• अश्विना: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक; अश्विनौ)

• युवम्: you two
• युवम्: कर्तृ (पिबतम्-क्रियायाः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम) → युवाम्/युवम् (प्रयोगः)

• मदस्य: of exhilaration / of rapture
• मदस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘intoxication/rapture’)

• चारुणः: lovely, pleasant
• चारुणः: विशेषण-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘pleasant, lovely’)

• मध्वः: of sweetness / of honey (mead)
• मध्वः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘honey, sweet drink’)

• रातस्य: of the gift / of what is given
• रातस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात (प्रातिपदिक; PPP of √रा/√रद् in sense ‘given, granted’ → ‘gift’)

• धिष्ण्या: O inspired/able ones
• धिष्ण्या: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (used as vocative epithet)
• Root: धिष्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘strong, inspired, holy/skillful’)