Rig Veda 4.48.3 — Mandala 4, Sukta 48, Mantra 3
Sukta 4.48
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional)
Devata: Vāyu
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī (probable; requires confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अनु कृष्णे वसुधिती येमाते विश्वपेशसा । वायवा चन्द्रेण रथेन याहि सुतस्य पीतये ॥
Transliteration
ánu kṛṣṇé vasu-dhitī yēmā́te víśva-peśasā | vāyavā candréṇa ráthena yā́hi sutásya pītáye ||
Translation
कृष्णे अनु, वसुधिती उभे येमाते विश्वपेशसा; हे वायो, चन्द्रेण रथेन सुतस्य पीतये एहि।
Word by Word
अनुafter, along, in accordance
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
कृष्णेin/at the two dark (ones)
कृष्णे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
वसुधितीthe two ‘Vasudhitis’ (richly-bestowing ones)
वसुधिती:
Kartā
TypeNoun (dual name/epithet)
Rootवसु-धिति (प्रातिपदिक; वसु + धिति)
येमातेthey two restrain/guide themselves; they two hold (together)
येमाते:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (धातु) / यमाते (आत्मनेपदी रूप)
विश्वपेशसाwith all adornment/with every form of beauty
विश्वपेशसा:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व-पेशस् (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि)
वायवाO Vāyus (O Vāyu, you two)
वायवा:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootवायु (प्रातिपदिक)
चन्द्रेणwith the shining/bright
चन्द्रेण:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootचन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
रथेनwith the chariot
रथेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
याहिcome, go
याहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
सुतस्यof the pressed Soma
सुतस्य:
—
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √सु ‘to press’ → सुत ‘pressed (Soma)’)
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (action noun)
Rootपीति (प्रातिपदिक; √पा ‘to drink’ → पीति ‘drinking’)
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