Rig Veda 8.51.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 51, Mantra 1

Sukta 8.51

Rishi: Kanva tradition (Kāṇva); specific rishi for 8.51 uncertain in this excerpt

Devata: Indra (with Soma context)

Chandas: Jagatī/Tr̥ṣṭubh probable; requires scan

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यथा मनौ सांवरणौ सोममिन्द्रापिबः सुतम् । नीपातिथौ मघवन्मेध्यातिथौ पुष्टिगौ श्रुष्टिगौ सचा ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.51.1

Transliteration

yáthā manáu sā́ṃvaraṇau sómam indrā́pibaḥ sutám | nī́pā́tithau maghavan medhyā́tithau púṣṭi-gau śrúṣṭi-gau sácā ||

Translation

Sebagaimana dahulu bersama Manu Sāṃvaraṇa Engkau meminum Soma yang diperah, wahai Indra—demikian juga, wahai Maghavan (Yang Pemurah), bersama Nīpātithi, bersama Medhyātithi, berserta dengan kuasa-kuasa pertumbuhan (puṣṭi) dan kuasa-kuasa pendengaran yang taat (śruṣṭi).

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Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• मनौ: in/at (the house of) Manu
• मनौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सांवरणौ: (at) Sāṃvaraṇa (of the Sāṃvaraṇa line)
• सांवरणौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective/Noun (epithet)
• Root: सांवरण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सांवरण’ < सम्+वृ ‘to cover/enclose’; patronymic/epithet)

• सोमम्: Soma (juice)
• सोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: —
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपिबः: you drank
• अपिबः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) ‘to drink’

• सुतम्: pressed (Soma)
• सुतम्: Karma
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: सु (धातु) ‘to press (Soma)’ → सुत (कृदन्त)

• नीपातिथौ: at Nīpātithi’s (rite/house)
• नीपातिथौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: नीपातिथि (प्रातिपदिक; नीप + अतिथि)

• मघवन्: O bountiful one
• मघवन्: —
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: मघवन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मेध्यातिथौ: at Medhyātithi’s (rite/house)
• मेध्यातिथौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: मेध्यातिथि (प्रातिपदिक; मेध्य + अतिथि)

• पुष्टिगौ: the two nourishment-bringing (ones)
• पुष्टिगौ: Kartā (as epithet of the subject)
• Type: Adjective (dual epithet)
• Root: पुष्टिगु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having/bringing nourishment’)

• श्रुष्टिगौ: the two attentive/obedient (ones)
• श्रुष्टिगौ: Kartā (as epithet of the subject)
• Type: Adjective (dual epithet)
• Root: श्रुष्टिगु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘obedience/ready-to-hear’ + -गु)

• सचा: together, in company
• सचा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सच (अव्यय) ‘together, in company’