Rig Veda 9.51.2: Mandala 9, Sukta 51, Mantra 2

Sukta 9.51

Devata: Soma (prepared for Indra Vajrin)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

दिवः पीयूषमुत्तमं सोममिन्द्राय वज्रिणे । सुनोता मधुमत्तमम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.51.2

Transliteration

diváḥ pīyū́ṣam ut-tamáṃ sómam índrāya vajríṇe | sunótā mádhu-mattamam ||

Translation

Press out the highest nectar of heaven, the Soma for Indra the wielder of the thunderbolt; press it—most honey-full—so the delight becomes a power of victorious truth.

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Word by Word

• दिवः: of heaven; from heaven
• दिवः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) / अपादान-भाव (source-sense with gen.)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ ‘स्वर्ग/द्युलोक’)

• पीयूषम्: nectar; ambrosia
• पीयूषम्: कर्म (object) / विशेष्य (to सोमम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीयूष (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्तमम्: highest; best
• उत्तमम्: विशेषण (qualifier of the object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of उद्/उत् + तम)

• सोमम्: Soma (the pressed sacred drink/deity)
• सोमम्: कर्म (object of सुनोता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वज्रिणे: for the wielder of the thunderbolt
• वज्रिणे: सम्प्रदान (same recipient; epithet in apposition)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively as epithet)
• Root: वज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having the vajra’)

• सुनोत: press!; extract!
• सुनोत: क्रिया (imperative predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सु (धातु; ‘to press/extract (Soma)’)

• मधुमत्तमम्: most honey-sweet; sweetest
• मधुमत्तमम्: विशेषण (qualifier of the object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक; superlative मधुमत् + तम)