Rig Veda 8.21.3 — Mandala 8, Sukta 21, Mantra 3

Sukta 8.21

Devata: Indra (as Soma-pati)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ याहीम इन्दवोऽश्वपते गोपत उर्वरापते । सोमं सोमपते पिब ॥

Transliteration

ā́ yāhīmá índavo 'śva-pate gó-pata úrvārā-pate | sómaṃ soma-pate piba ||

Translation

Come here—these pressed Soma streams call thee: O lord of the horse-force, lord of the radiant herds, lord of the wide fields of growth; O Soma-lord, drink the Soma—take into thee the delight that strengthens the inner mastery.

Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards (preverb: ‘to/near’)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• या॑हि: come! (go hither!)
• या॑हि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) / yā- ‘to go’

• इ॒म: this (one), him
• इ॒म: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / idam

• इन्दवः: O Indus (Soma-drops)
• इन्दवः: Kartā (सम्बोधनार्थे/वाक्य-प्रवर्तक) / Vocative-like address
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक) / indu- ‘drop; Soma’

• अश्वपते: O lord of horses
• अश्वपते: Sampradāna (सम्बोधन/आह्वान) / Addressee
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: अश्वपति (समास-प्रातिपदिक) / aśva-pati- ‘lord of horses’

• गोपते: O lord of cows
• गोपते: Sampradāna (सम्बोधन/आह्वान) / Addressee
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: गोपति (समास-प्रातिपदिक) / go-pati- ‘lord of cows’

• उर्वरापते: O lord of the fertile land
• उर्वरापते: Sampradāna (सम्बोधन/आह्वान) / Addressee
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: उर्वरापति (समास-प्रातिपदिक) / urvarā-pati- ‘lord of the fertile field’

• सोमम्: Soma (the drink)
• सोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) / soma-

• सोमपते: O lord of Soma
• सोमपते: Sampradāna (सम्बोधन/आह्वान) / Addressee
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: सोमपति (समास-प्रातिपदिक) / soma-pati- ‘lord of Soma’

• पिब: drink!
• पिब: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) / pā- ‘to drink’