Rig Veda 3.48.2: Mandala 3, Sukta 48, Mantra 2

Sukta 3.48

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यज्जायथास्तदहरस्य कामेंऽशोः पीयूषमपिबो गिरिष्ठाम् । तं ते माता परि योषा जनित्री महः पितुर्दम आसिञ्चदग्रे ॥

Transliteration

yáj jā́yathās tád áhar asyá kā́me aṃśóḥ pīyū́ṣam ápibo giriṣṭhā́m | táṃ te mātā́ pári yóṣā́ jánitrī maháḥ pitúr dáma ā́ asiñcad ágre ||

Translation

When thou wast born, on that day, according to the will of this becoming, thou didst drink the mountain-standing sweetness of the Soma-stalk; and thy mother, the shaping woman who bore thee, first poured it for thee in the house of the mighty Father.

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Word by Word

• यत्: which; what
• यत्: Karma (relative object: ‘that which’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• जायथाः: you were born
• जायथाः: Kartā (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (correlative: ‘that’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अहः: day
• अहः: Adhikaraṇa (time: ‘on that day’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• कामे: in the desire; at the wish
• कामे: Adhikaraṇa (sphere/occasion: ‘in/at the desire’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अंशोः: of Soma (the stalk/juice)
• अंशोः: Sambandha (genitive: of Soma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• पीयूषम्: sweet drink; milk/nectar
• पीयूषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीयूष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपिबः: you drank
• अपिबः: Kartā (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)

• गिरिष्ठाम्: mountain-staying; from the mountains
• गिरिष्ठाम्: Karma (as qualifier of the object drunk)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गिरि-स्था (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)

• तम्: him/that
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (genitive: ‘your’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• माता: mother
• माता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; about
• परि: — (preverb/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• योषा: woman; young wife
• योषा: Kartā (apposition to माता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषा (प्रातिपदिक)

• जनित्री: begetter; mother
• जनित्री: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• महः: of the great one; of greatness
• महः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितुः: of the father
• पितुः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• दमः: house; home
• दमः: Adhikaraṇa (locus, with implied ‘in’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards; into
• आ: — (preverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• असिञ्चत्: she poured
• असिञ्चत्: Kartā (mother as subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (धातु)

• अग्रे: in front; at first
• अग्रे: Adhikaraṇa (time: ‘at first’)
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial locative)
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)