Rig Veda 4.49.6: Mandala 4, Sukta 49, Mantra 6

Sukta 4.49

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional)

Devata: Indra-Bṛhaspati (dual)

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (likely; confirmable from full hymn prosody)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सोममिन्द्राबृहस्पती पिबतं दाशुषो गृहे । मादयेथां तदोकसा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.49.6

Transliteration

sómam indrābṛhaspatī píbataṁ dāśúṣo gṛhé | mā́dayethāṁ tádokasā ||

Translation

Drink the Soma, O Indra and Bṛhaspati, in the home of the giver; rejoice there in that dwelling—make it your settled seat within us.

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Word by Word

• सोमम्: Soma (the pressed ritual drink)
• सोमम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रा: O Indra (addressed together with another)
• इन्द्रा: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहस्पती: O Bṛhaspati (addressed together with Indra)
• बृहस्पती: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिबतम्: drink (you two)!
• पिबतम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) ‘पिबति’

• दाशुषः: of the worshipper / of the giver
• दाशुषः: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (participle used substantively)
• Root: दाशुष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दाश्/दश् ‘to worship, give, serve’)

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• मादयेथाम्: be exhilarated / rejoice (you two)!
• मादयेथाम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (धातु) ‘to be exhilarated, rejoice’ (caus./denom. stem मादय-)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (with implied ‘reach/attain’ or as object of rejoicing) / or deictic with following
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ओकसा: with (its) dwelling / at home
• ओकसा: करण/अधिकरण (instrumental of circumstance: ‘in/with that dwelling’)
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally in compound-like sense)
• Root: ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘dwelling, home’