Rig Veda 6.44.1 — Mandala 6, Sukta 44, Mantra 1
Sukta 6.44
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition (Mandala 6 is predominantly Bharadvāja)
Devata: Indra (with Soma as the empowering offering/power)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 6.44; confirm against pada count in critical editions)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो रयिवो रयिंतमो यो द्युम्नैर्द्युम्नवत्तमः । सोमः सुतः स इन्द्र तेऽस्ति स्वधापते मदः ॥
Transliteration
yó ráyivo rayíṁtamo yó dyumnáir dyumnávattamaḥ | sómaḥ sutáḥ sá índra té’sti svadhā́pate mádaḥ ||
Translation
പിഴിഞ്ഞ ആ സോമം—സമൃദ്ധിയുടെ ശക്തികളിൽ ഏറ്റവും സമൃദ്ധവും, പ്രകാശങ്ങളിൽ ഏറ്റവും പ്രകാശമാനവും—അതേ നിനക്കായി, ഹേ ഇന്ദ്രാ, സ്വധാപതേ; അത് നിന്റെ മദം, ശക്തിയുടെ ഉന്മാദാനന്ദം.
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यःwho (he who)
यः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धवाचकः—‘यः … सः’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रयिवःpossessing wealth
रयिवः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootरयि (प्रातिपदिक) + -वस् (मतुप्/वस्-प्रत्ययः ‘युक्त/सम्पन्न’) → रयिवस्
रयिंतमःmost wealthy / richest
रयिंतमः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective (superlative)
Rootरयि (प्रातिपदिक) + -इन् (तद्धितः ‘युक्त’) → रयिन्; तस्य तमप्-प्रत्ययः → रयिंतम
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धवाचकः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
द्युम्नैःwith glories / with splendors
द्युम्नैः:
करणम् (येन/यैः—‘with glories’)
TypeNoun
Rootद्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक; ‘तेजस्/यशस्/विजय’)
द्युम्नवत्तमःmost glorious
द्युम्नवत्तमः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective (superlative)
Rootद्युम्नवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘द्युम्नयुक्त’) + तमप् → द्युम्नवत्तम
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
कर्तृ (मुख्य-वाक्ये)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
सुतःpressed / expressed
सुतः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Root√सु (सु- ‘प्रसव/सवन/निष्पादन’) + क्त (कृदन्त) → सुत
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ (यः…सः-सम्बन्धे ‘he’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधनम्
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तेfor you / of you
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी—‘of/for you’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)
स्वधापतेO lord of svadhā (self-power/ritual potency)
स्वधापते:
सम्बोधनम्
TypeNoun (vocative compound)
Rootस्वधा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्वधा-शक्ति/स्वधावान्’) + पति (प्रातिपदिक) → स्वधापति
मदःexhilaration / intoxication (rapture)
मदः:
कर्तृ/भावः (अस्ति इत्यस्य कर्तृ-रूपेण ‘there is exhilaration’)
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘हर्ष/उन्माद/उत्साह’, सोमजन्यः)
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