Rig Veda 3.48.1: Mandala 3, Sukta 48, Mantra 1
Sukta 3.48
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional for Maṇḍala 3); RV 3.48 often treated as Indra hymn
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सद्यो ह जातो वृषभः कनीनः प्रभर्तुमावदन्धसः सुतस्य । साधोः पिब प्रतिकामं यथा ते रसाशिरः प्रथमं सोम्यस्य ॥
Transliteration
sadyáḥ ha jātó vṛṣabháḥ kanīnáḥ prábhartum ā́vad ándhasaḥ sutásya | sādhóḥ piba pratikā́maṃ yáthā te rásāśiraḥ prathamáṃ somyásya ||
Translation
जन्मताच तो तरुण वृषभ तत्क्षणी पुढे आला—पिळलेल्या अन्धस् (सोमरस) धारण करण्यासाठी. हे साधो, तुझ्या इच्छेनुसार पान कर; त्यामुळे तुझ्यासाठी सोम्याचा पहिला घोट रससमृद्ध मिश्रण होईल.
Word by Word
सद्यःimmediately, at once
सद्यः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यस् (प्रातिपदिक) < सद्य (अव्ययार्थ)
हindeed, surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
जातःborn
जातः:
Kartā (वृṣभः का विशेषण/समनाधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनि) → जात (कृदन्त)
वृषभःthe bull (strong one)
वृषभः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
कनीनःthe young one, youth
कनीनः:
Kartā (वृषभः का विशेषण/समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकनीन (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग)
भर्तुम्to bear, to carry
भर्तुम्:
Karma (क्रियार्थक-उद्देश्य)
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भरति) → भर्तुम्
आवदत्spoke, uttered
आवदत्:
Kartā (वृषभः/कनीनः)
TypeVerb
Root√वद् (वदति) + आ-
अन्धसःof the soma-juice, of the drink
अन्धसः:
Sambandha (सुतस्य विशेषण) / Apādāna-अर्थे (रस/पेय-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्धस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सुतस्यof the pressed (soma)
सुतस्य:
Sambandha (अन्धसः)
TypeAdjective
Root√सु (सुनोति) → सुत (कृदन्त) / सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
साधोःof the good (one), of the excellent
साधोः:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootसाधु (प्रातिपदिक)
पिबdrink!
पिब:
Karma (रस/सोम implied)
TypeVerb
Root√पा (पिबति)
प्रतिकामम्according to desire, as you wish
प्रतिकामम्:
Adhikaraṇa (रीति/प्रकार) / Karma-विशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
यथाas, so that
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
तेfor you / your
ते:
Sampradāna/Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
रसाशिरःthe juice-mixture, the mixed draught
रसाशिरः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरस + आशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रथमम्first
प्रथमम्:
Karma-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
सोम्यस्यof soma, somic
सोम्यस्य:
Sambandha (रसाशिरः/प्रथमम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसोम्य (प्रातिपदिक) < सोम
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