Rig Veda 1.2.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 1
Sukta 1.2
Rishi: Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra
Devata: Vāyu
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वायवा याहि दर्शतेमे सोमा अरंकृताः । तेषां पाहि श्रुधी हवम् ॥
Transliteration
vāyavā́ yā́hi darśatemé somā́ aráṃkṛtāḥ | teṣā́m pāhi śrudhī hávam ||
Translation
O Vāyu, przyjdź, o Świetlisty i Piękny. Te istoty Somy są przygotowane i właściwie gotowe. Pij je i słuchaj naszego wołania: przyjmij wewnętrzne wezwanie, które dąży ku Oddechowi Prawdy.
Word by Word
वायवाO Vāyus / O Vāyu (invoked as a pair)
वायवा:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeNoun (proper/देवता-नाम)
Rootवायु (प्रातिपदिक)
या॑हिcome
या॑हि:
क्रिया (आह्वान-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
दर्शतेO lovely/visible one
दर्शते:
सम्बोधन-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootदर्शत (प्रातिपदिक; √दृश् ‘to see’ से ‘दर्शनीय/सुन्दर’)
इमेthese
इमे:
कर्तृ/विषय (अगले पद ‘सोमाः’ का निर्देश)
TypePronoun/Determiner
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सोमाःSoma-pressings / Soma juices
सोमाः:
कर्तृ/विषय (अरंकृताः इति विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
अरं॑कृताःwell-prepared, duly arranged
अरं॑कृताः:
विशेषण (सोमाः के)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Root√कृ (धातु) + अरम् (उपसर्ग/उपपद; ‘उचितम्/सम्यक्’)
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः; ‘उनका/उनमें से’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पाहिdrink / partake
पाहि:
क्रिया; कर्म = (तेषाम्) सोम-रसः (अध्याहृत)
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु ‘to drink/protect’)
श्रु॒धीhear
श्रु॒धी:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
हवम्the invocation/call
हवम्:
कर्म (श्रुधि का)
TypeNoun
Rootहव (प्रातिपदिक; √हू ‘to call/invoke’ से)
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