Rig Veda 8.85.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 85, Mantra 1
Sukta 8.85
Devata: Aśvins (Nāsatyas)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ मे हवं नासत्याश्विना गच्छतं युवम् । मध्वः सोमस्य पीतये ॥
Transliteration
ā́ me hávaṃ nāsatyā́śvinā gácchataṃ yuvám | mádhvaḥ sómasya pītáye ||
Translation
हे नासत्यौ, हे अश्विनौ, तुम्ही दोघे माझ्या हाकेला या; मधुर सोमपानासाठी या.
Word by Word
आhither, towards (preverb: ‘to, near’)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
मेto me / for me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronominal stem)
हवम्invocation, call
हवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहव (prātipadika: ‘invocation, call’)
नासत्याO Nāsatyas (Aśvins)
नासत्या:
—
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootनासत्य (prātipadika; epithet of the Aśvins)
अश्विनाO Aśvins (the twin horsemen)
अश्विना:
—
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootअश्विन् (prātipadika; ‘Aśvin’)
गच्छतम्come! (you two), go hither
गच्छतम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) / gam ‘to go’
युवम्you two
युवम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronominal stem)
मध्वःof the sweet (drink), of honey/mead
मध्वः:
—
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (prātipadika: ‘sweet drink, honey; mead’)
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
—
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (prātipadika)
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (verbal action noun)
Rootपा (धातु) / pā ‘to drink’ → पीति (action noun) / पीतये (dat. sg.)
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