Rig Veda 8.53.3 - Mandala 8, Sukta 53, Mantra 3

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Rig Veda 8.53.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 53, Mantra 3

Sukta 8.53

Rishi: Kaṇva (Kāṇva tradition)

Devata: Soma/Indu (with ritual instruments adrayaḥ as agents)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires full metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नो विश्वेषां रसं मध्वः सिञ्चन्त्वद्रयः । ये परावति सुन्विरे जनेष्वा ये अर्वावतीन्दवः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.53.3

Transliteration

ā́ no víśveṣāṃ rásaṃ mádhvaḥ siñcántv ádrayaḥ | yé parāváti sunvíre jáneṣv ā́ yé arvāvatī́ndavaḥ ||

Translation

Que as pedras de prensar (adri) derramem para nós o sumo, a essência de toda doçura, o mel. Quer as gotas de Soma sejam prensadas ao longe entre os povos, quer aqui no campo próximo, que venham a nós como um único fluxo de deleite e de luz.

Word by Word

आhither, towards (us)

नःto us / for us

विश्वेषाम्of all

रसम्sap, essence, juice

मध्वःof honey / of sweetness

सिञ्चन्तुlet them pour

अद्रयःthe pressing-stones

येwho, which

परावतिin the far region, afar

सुन्विरेhave pressed (Soma)

जनेषुamong peoples, in tribes

आhither, towards

येwho

अर्वावतीम्nearer, on this side (hitherward)

दवःgifts/portions (Vedic: distributions, offerings)

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