Mantra 7

Sukta 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इममिन्द्र गवाशिरं यवाशिरं च नः पिब । आगत्या वृषभिः सुतम्

IAST Transliteration

imám indra gavāśíraṃ yavāśíraṃ ca naḥ piba | ā́gatya vṛ́ṣabhiḥ sutám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, O Indra—mingled with milk, and mingled with barley—drink thou for us, when thou hast come with the bulls, the pressed draught.

Translation

ਹੇ ਇੰਦਰ! ਗਾਂ ਦੇ ਦੁੱਧ ਨਾਲ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਅਤੇ ਜੌ ਨਾਲ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਇਹ (ਰਸ) ਸਾਡੇ ਲਈ ਪੀ; ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਭਾਂ (ਬਲਵਾਨ ਸਾਥੀਆਂ) ਨਾਲ ਆ ਕੇ, ਇਹ ਨਿਚੋੜਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਸੋਮ-ਪਾਨ ਪੀ।

Word by Word

• इमम्: this (one/this drink)
• इमम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• गवाशिरम्: mixed with milk
• गवाशिरम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गवाशिर (प्रातिपदिक; गो-आशिर ‘mixed with milk/with cow’s milk’)

• यवाशिरम्: mixed with barley
• यवाशिरम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यवाशिर (प्रातिपदिक; यव-आशिर ‘mixed with barley’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• नः: of us / our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पिब: drink
• पिब: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति) धातुः

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: —
• Type: Gerund (Absolutive)
• Root: आ-गम् धातुः

• वृषभिः: with bulls (i.e., with strong ones/companions)
• वृषभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुतम्: the pressed (Soma) / pressed drink
• सुतम्: कर्म
• Type: Participle/Adjective used as Noun
• Root: सु (सुनोति) धातुः → सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Rigvedic seer-tradition (AV 20 transmission)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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