Rig Veda 7.68.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 68, Mantra 2
Sukta 7.68
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र वामन्धांसि मद्यान्यस्थुररं गन्तं हविषो वीतये मे । तिरो अर्यो हवनानि श्रुतं नः ॥
Transliteration
prá vāṃ ándhāṃsi mádyāny asthur áraṃ gantaṃ havíṣo vītáye me | tiró aryó hávanāni śrutáṃ naḥ ||
Translation
Before you are set the intoxicating draughts; come swiftly for the enjoyment of my offering. Hear our call even from beyond the stranger’s boundary.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
वाम्to/for you two; of you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna (addressee/for you two)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
अन्धांसिdarknesses; obscurities
अन्धांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) / अन्धस्
मद्यानिintoxicating (things); exhilarating (draughts)
मद्यानि:
Karma (apposition to अन्धांसि)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootमद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्थुःhave stood/come to be; have arisen
अस्थुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
अरम्fitly, duly, readily
अरम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअरम्
गन्तम्go (you two)! come!
गन्तम्:
—
TypeVerb (imperative)
Rootगम्
हविषःof the oblation
हविषः:
Apādāna/Adhikaraṇa (source/with respect to offering)
TypeNoun
Rootहविस्
वीतयेfor enjoyment/acceptance (of the offering)
वीतये:
Sampradāna (purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootवीति (प्रातिपदिक)
मेto/for me; my
मे:
Sampradāna (for me)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
तिरःacross, beyond; over
तिरः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतिरस्
अर्यःof the Arya; of the stranger/foe
अर्यः:
Apādāna/Adhikaraṇa (with respect to the Arya/stranger)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
हवनानिinvocations; calls
हवनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहवन (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रुतम्heard; hearkened-to
श्रुतम्:
Karma (of an implied verb ‘make/hear’ → ‘let it be heard’)
TypeKṛdanta (PPP used adjectivally/substantively)
Rootश्रु
नःto/for us; our
नः:
Sampradāna (for us)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
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