Rig Veda 8.22.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 22, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.22
Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Jagatī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अयं वामद्रिभिः सुतः सोमो नरा वृषण्वसू । आ यातं सोमपीतये पिबतं दाशुषो गृहे ॥
Transliteration
ayáṃ vām ádribhiḥ sutáḥ sómo narā vṛṣaṇvasū | ā́ yātaṃ sómapītaye píbatam dāśúṣo gṛhé ||
Translation
हे नरा वृषण्वसू, अयं सोमो वामर्थं द्रिभिः सुतः। सोमपीतये आ यातम्; दाशुषो गृहे—अर्पणचेतनायां युष्मदर्थं प्रसृते—पिबतम्।
Word by Word
अयम्this (here)
अयम्:
Kartā (वाक्ये ‘सोमः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण) / Deictic subject-marker
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाम्of/for you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (युवयोः—‘for you two / of you two’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अद्रिभिःwith stones (pressing-stones)
अद्रिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअद्रि- (प्रातिपदिक)
सुतःpressed, expressed
सुतः:
Kartā-विशेषणम्
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Root√सु (सुनोति) → सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
सोमःSoma (the pressed drink/deity)
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम- (प्रातिपदिक)
नराO you two men/heroic ones
नरा:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (vocative) / Epithet
Rootनर- (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषण्वसूO you two with manly/virile wealth
वृषण्वसू:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootवृषण्वसु- (प्रातिपदिक; वृषण् + वसु)
आhither, come
आ:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
यातम्come (you two)!
यातम्:
(मुख्यक्रिया; कर्ता = ‘नरा वृषण्वसू’)
TypeVerb
Root√या (याति)
सोमपीतयेfor the drinking of Soma
सोमपीतये:
Sampradāna/प्रयोजन (for Soma-drinking)
TypeNoun
Rootसोमपीति- (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + पीति ‘drinking’)
पिबतम्drink (you two)!
पिबतम्:
(आज्ञा; कर्म = ‘सोमम्’ अव्यक्तम्)
TypeVerb
Root√पा (पिबति)
दाशुषःof the giver (worshipper)
दाशुषः:
सम्बन्ध (of the giver/worshipper)
TypeParticiple/Noun (agent)
Root√दाश् (दाशति ‘to give, worship’) → दाशुष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, परिपूर्ण/परस्मैपदीय-परस्मैपद-परस्मैपद-परस्मैपद; प्राचीन परफेक्ट-भागवत्)
गृहेin the house
गृहे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगृह- (प्रातिपदिक)
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