Rig Veda 5.73.8: Mandala 5, Sukta 73, Mantra 8
Sukta 5.73
Devata: Aśvins (addressed with epithet Rudrā)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मध्व ऊ षु मधूयुवा रुद्रा सिषक्ति पिप्युषी । यत्समुद्राति पर्षथः पक्वाः पृक्षो भरन्त वाम् ॥
Transliteration
mádhva ū́ ṣú madhūyuvā rudrā́ síṣakti pipyúṣī | yát samudrā́ti párṣathaḥ pakvā́ḥ pṛ́kṣo bharanta vām ||
Translation
Zaprawdę, miodowa słodycz, o młodzi miodowi Rudrowie, lgnie do was, bogata i wzrastająca. Gdy przekraczacie oceaniczne głębiny, dojrzałe napoje przynoszą wam pożywienie: dojrzałe moce niosą waszą część pełni.
Word by Word
मधुhoney; sweetness
मधु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमधु- (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊindeed; surely
ऊ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऊ (निपात)
षुquickly; just; verily
षु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootषु (निपात)
मधूयुवाO honey-youthful ones (sweet-young)
मधूयुवा:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective
Rootमधूयु- (प्रातिपदिक; मधु + यु ‘युवा/युवन्’)
रुद्राO two Rudras (Maruts/dual Rudras)
रुद्रा:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
सिषक्तिclings/attaches; joins
सिषक्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√सञ्ज्/√सच् (सचँ/सञ्जँ ‘to attach, join, cling’)
पिप्युषीswelling, abounding; full (f.)
पिप्युषी:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (Kṛdanta)
Root√प्याय् (प्यायँ ‘to swell, be full, abound’) → पिप्युषी (कृदन्त/विशेषण)
यत्which; what
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
समुद्रात्from the sea/ocean
समुद्रात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
इतिthus; as (it is said)
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (निपात)
पर्षथःyou two carry across; bring over
पर्षथः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√पॄ/√पॢ (पॄ ‘to carry across, bring over’; Vedic aor./inj. stem पर्ष-)
पक्वाःripe; cooked; matured (pl.)
पक्वाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (Kṛdanta)
Rootपक्व- (कृदन्त; √पच् ‘to cook, ripen’)
पृक्षःsprinklings/refreshing draughts; mixtures
पृक्षः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपृक्ष- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sprinkling/refreshment’, also ‘mixture’ in Vedic)
भरन्तthey bring; they bear
भरन्त:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भृञ् ‘to bear, bring’)
वाम्to/for you two; of you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
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