Rig Veda 4.49.6: Mandala 4, Sukta 49, Mantra 6
Sukta 4.49
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional)
Devata: Indra-Bṛhaspati (dual)
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (likely; confirmable from full hymn prosody)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सोममिन्द्राबृहस्पती पिबतं दाशुषो गृहे । मादयेथां तदोकसा ॥
Transliteration
sómam indrābṛhaspatī píbataṁ dāśúṣo gṛhé | mā́dayethāṁ tádokasā ||
Translation
सोमम् इन्द्राबृहस्पती दाशुषो गृहे पिबतम्; तदोकसि मादयेथाम्—तदेव नः अन्तः स्थिरं सदनं भवतु।
Word by Word
सोमम्Soma (the pressed ritual drink)
सोमम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्राO Indra (addressed together with another)
इन्द्रा:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहस्पतीO Bṛhaspati (addressed together with Indra)
बृहस्पती:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootबृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
पिबतम्drink (you two)!
पिबतम्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु) ‘पिबति’
दाशुषःof the worshipper / of the giver
दाशुषः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of’)
TypeNoun/Adjective (participle used substantively)
Rootदाशुष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दाश्/दश् ‘to worship, give, serve’)
गृहेin the house
गृहे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
मादयेथाम्be exhilarated / rejoice (you two)!
मादयेथाम्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमद् (धातु) ‘to be exhilarated, rejoice’ (caus./denom. stem मादय-)
तत्that
तत्:
कर्म (with implied ‘reach/attain’ or as object of rejoicing) / or deictic with following
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ओकसाwith (its) dwelling / at home
ओकसा:
करण/अधिकरण (instrumental of circumstance: ‘in/with that dwelling’)
TypeNoun (used adjectivally in compound-like sense)
Rootओकस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘dwelling, home’
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