Rig Veda 1.119.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 119, Mantra 9
Sukta 1.119
Rishi: Kakṣīvān Dairghatamasa (traditional)
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत स्या वां मधुमन्मक्षिकारपन्मदे सोमस्यौशिजो हुवन्यति । युवं दधीचो मन आ विवासथोऽथा शिरः प्रति वामश्व्यं वदत् ॥
Transliteration
utá syā́ vāṃ mádhuman-mákṣikā arapat máde sómasyauśijó huvanyati | yuváṃ dadhī́co mánā ā́ vivāsatho 'thā́ śíraḥ práti vām áśvyaṃ vadat ||
Translation
उत स्या वां मधुमन्मक्षिकारपन्मदे सोमस्यौशिजो हुवन्यति। युवं दधीचो मन आ विवासथोऽथा शिरः प्रति वामश्व्यं वदत्॥
Word by Word
उतand; also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
स्याthat (she/this)
स्या:
Kartā
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सा) / स्य- (deictic pronoun stem)
वाम्of you two; for you two
वाम्:
सम्बन्ध (possessive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
मधुमत्honey-sweet; full of sweetness
मधुमत्:
Kartā (with implied ‘स्तुतिः/वाक्’ etc.)
TypeAdjective
Rootमधु + मतुप्
मक्षिकारपन्humming like bees
मक्षिकारपन्:
Kartā (epithet of the utterance/chant)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootमक्षिका + रपन् (from √रप्/रभ् ‘to sound, hum’ as a present participial/agentive formation)
मदेin the exhilaration; in the intoxication
मदे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमद
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootसोम
औशिजःthe Uśija (one descended from Uśij / named Uśija)
औशिजः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootउशिज् (patronymic/tribal name) → औशिज
हुवन्यतिcalls; invokes
हुवन्यति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (ह्वयति/ह्वयते) ‘to call, invoke’
युवम्you two
युवम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
दधीचःof Dadhīca
दधीचः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootदधीच् (proper name)
मनःmind; intention
मनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
आtowards; unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ
विवासथःyou two have honored/served
विवासथः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√वास् (विवासयति/विवासति in Vedic: ‘to honor, to serve, to entertain’)
अथthen; thereafter
अथ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
शिरःhead
शिरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस्
प्रतिtowards; in return; back
प्रति:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/adverb)
Rootप्रति
वाम्to you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
अश्व्यम्equine; horse-like; pertaining to a horse
अश्व्यम्:
Kartā (as qualifier of शिरः)
TypeAdjective
Rootअश्व्य (from अश्व + यत्/यञ् adjectival)
वदत्speaking; uttering
वदत्:
Kriyā (participial predicate)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√वद् ‘to speak’
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