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Rig Veda 1.187.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 187, Mantra 9

Sukta 1.187

Devata: Soma
Chandas: Gayatri/Anuṣṭubh uncertain (meter requires syllable verification; short verse suggests non-Trishtubh)

यत्ते सोम गवाशिरो यवाशिरो भजामहे । वातापे पीव इद्भव ॥

yát te soma gávāśiro yávāśiro bhájāmahe | vātāpe pī́va íd bhava ||

ഹേ സോമ, നിന്റെ ഗവാശിര (ഗോ-ബലമുള്ള) യവാശിര (യവ-ബലമുള്ള) മിശ്രിതം ഞങ്ങൾ പങ്കുചേരുമ്പോൾ, ഹേ വാതാപേ (കാറ്റാൽ ഉഷ്ണിതനായവനേ), നീ നിശ്ചയമായും പ്രചുരനും പുഷ്ടികരനും ആകുക.

यत्that which
यत्:
Karma (सम्बन्धसूचक/यद्-सम्बन्ध)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द
तेof you / your
ते:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अधिकार)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सोमO Soma
सोम:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
गवाशिरः(the mixture) with cow’s head/milk (i.e., milk-mixture)
गवाशिरः:
Karma (भजामहे इति)
TypeNoun
Rootगवाशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक; गवा + शिरस्, समास)
यवाशिरः(the mixture) with barley (i.e., barley-mixture)
यवाशिरः:
Karma (भजामहे इति)
TypeNoun
Rootयवाशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक; यव + शिरस्, समास)
भजामहेwe partake / we share / we enjoy
भजामहे:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभज् (धातु) ‘भागे/सेवायाम्’
वातापेO Vātāpi (wind-heated/air-warmed one; epithet)
वातापे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवातापि (प्रातिपदिक; वात + आपि/अप्-सम्बद्ध, समास/नाम)
पीवO fat/abundant one
पीव:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन; विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपीवन्/पीव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्थूल/पुष्ट’)
इत्indeed / just
इत्:
(Emphasis/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
भवbe / become
भव:
Kriyā (आज्ञा/विधि)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)

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