Rig Veda 1.47.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 47, Mantra 9
Sukta 1.47
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तेन नासत्या गतं रथेन सूर्यत्वचा । येन शश्वदूहथुर्दाशुषे वसु मध्वः सोमस्य पीतये ॥
Transliteration
téna nāsatyā́ gatáṃ ráthena sū́rya-tvacā | yéna śáśvad ū́hathuḥ dāśúṣe vásu mádhvaḥ sómasya pītáye ||
Translation
На той колеснице, чьё покрывало — солнечное, придите, о Насатья; на ней вы из века в век приносите дающему сокровище и сладость — для питья Сомы, медового восторга.
Word by Word
तेनby that; with that
तेन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नासत्याO Nāsatyas (Aśvins)
नासत्या:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootनासत्य (प्रातिपदिक; अश्विनौ)
गतम्go; come
गतम्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb (imperative sense via participle)
Rootगम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
रथेनwith a chariot
रथेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यत्वचाwith sun-bright covering/skin; sun-clad
सूर्यत्वचा:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootसूर्य + त्वच् (प्रातिपदिक) → सूर्यत्वच् (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास)
येनby which; with which
येन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शश्वत्always; continually
शश्वत्:
Adverbial (काल/नित्यत्व)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशश्वत् (अव्यय/नित्यत्ववाचक)
ऊहथुःyou two have conveyed/brought
ऊहथुः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवह् (धातु; वहति) with preverb उ- (उवह्/ऊह्) → ऊहथुः
दाशुषेto the worshipper/giver
दाशुषे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (agent/recipient epithet)
Rootदाश्वस्/दाशुष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दा/दाश् ‘to give, worship’) → दाशुष्
वसुwealth; good
वसु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
मध्वःof honey/sweetness
मध्वः:
Genitive (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
Genitive (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
Sampradāna / Purpose (प्रयोजन-द्योतक)
TypeNoun (action noun)
Root√पा (धातु ‘to drink’) → पीति (कृदन्त/भाव-प्रातिपदिक)
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