Rig Veda 8.5.19: Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 19
Sukta 8.5
Rishi: Kāṇva (Kanva lineage)
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; verify per edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो ह वां मधुनो दृतिराहितो रथचर्षणे । ततः पिबतमश्विना ॥
Transliteration
yó ha vāṃ mádhuno dr̥tír ā́hito rathacárṣaṇe | tátas pibatam aśvinā ||
Translation
ഹേ അശ്വിനൗ, രഥചർഷണേ—ചലിക്കുന്ന രഥത്തിന്റെ അധിപന്മാരേ! നിങ്ങള്ക്കായി മധുരമധുവാൽ നിറച്ച ദൃതി (ചർമച്ചീലം) സ്ഥാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു; അതിൽ നിന്ന് പാനം ചെയ്വിൻ; ആത്മയാത്രയെ ബലപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന ആനന്ദം സ്വീകരിക്കുവിൻ.
Word by Word
यःwho (he/that which)
यः:
सम्बन्ध/विशेषण (यः = ‘who/which’, correlating to ततः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हindeed, surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
वाम्of you two / you two
वाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of you two’) / सम्भाव्य कर्म (acc.: ‘you two’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
मधुनःof honey, of sweet drink
मधुनः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of honey/sweet drink’)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु- (प्रातिपदिक)
दृतिःskin-bag, leather vessel
दृतिः:
कर्तृ (आहितः इत्यस्य विषयः—‘the skin-bag is placed’)
TypeNoun
Rootदृति- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘leather bag/skin, vessel’)
आहितःplaced, set, deposited
आहितः:
— (विशेषण; क्रियाविशेषण-भावः)
TypeParticiple (past passive) / Adjective
Rootआ-धा (धातु) → आहित- (कृदन्त, क्त)
रथचर्षणेO you two of the chariot-going folk / O chariot-lords
रथचर्षणे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (compound, vocative) / Epithet
Rootरथ- + चर्षणि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘men/people’, esp. ‘charioteers/folk’)
ततःfrom there, thence
ततः:
अपादान (source: ‘from there/from that [vessel]’)
TypeIndeclinable (ablatival adverb) / Pronoun-derived
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम) + तसिल् (ablatival) → ततः
पिबतम्drink (you two)!
पिबतम्:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: अश्विनौ; कर्म: मधु)
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु ‘to drink’)
अश्विनाO Aśvins (you two)
अश्विना:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper) / Deity-name
Rootअश्विन्- (प्रातिपदिक; dual of the Aśvins)
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