Rig Veda 1.187.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 187, Mantra 7
Sukta 1.187
Devata: Soma
Chandas: Gayatri/Anuṣṭubh uncertain (meter requires syllable verification; short verse suggests non-Trishtubh)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यददो पितो अजगन्विवस्व पर्वतानाम् । अत्रा चिन्नो मधो पितोऽरं भक्षाय गम्याः ॥
Transliteration
yád adó pito ájagan vivásva párvatānām | átrā cin no madho pito áraṁ bhakṣā́ya gamyāḥ ||
Translation
Quando ali, ó Bebida (Pita), tu avançaste — resplandecente — através das montanhas, então também aqui, ó Bebida melíflua, és alcançável para nós — para o desfrute e a assimilação.
Word by Word
यत्which, that (thing)
यत्:
Karma (यत् = ‘which/that’ as object of गम्याः) / सम्बन्ध-निर्देशक
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द
अदोthat (yonder), that very
अदो:
Karma (apposition to यत्) / निर्देश
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पितोO father
पितो:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
अजगन्they went, they came
अजगन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
विवस्वःof Vivasvat (the shining one; Sun/ancestor)
विवस्वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of Vivasvat’)
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootविवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
पर्वतानाम्of the mountains
पर्वतानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the mountains’)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
चिद्indeed, even
चिद्:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootचिद् (अव्यय/निपात)
नःof us, our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘our/for us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मधोof honey, of sweetness (mead)
मधो:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of honey/sweet drink’)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
पितःO father
पितः:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
अरम्enough, suitably, ready
अरम्:
विशेषणभाव (qualifier of गम्याः: ‘fit/ready’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअरम् (अव्यय)
भक्षायfor eating, for enjoyment
भक्षाय:
Sampradāna (purpose/for: ‘for eating/enjoyment’)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘eating/enjoyment’)
गम्याःto be reached, attainable (should be gone to)
गम्याः:
क्रियाविशेषण/विधेय (predicate: ‘are to be reached/should be gone to’)
TypeVerbal adjective
Rootगम् (धातु) → गम्य (कृत्-प्रत्यय: यत्; future passive participle/gerundive)
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