Rig Veda 9.62.20: Mandala 9, Sukta 62, Mantra 20
Sukta 9.62
Rishi: Traditionally attributed to a Soma-Pavamāna seer-family (often Kāśyapa/Āṅgirasa lineages in Book 9); exact r̥ṣi for 9.62 requires śākhā-anukramaṇī confirmation
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 pādas of ~8 syllables; typical for many Pavamāna verses)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ त इन्दो मदाय कं पयो दुहन्त्यायवः । देवा देवेभ्यो मधु ॥
Transliteration
ā́ ta indo mādā́ya kám páyo duhanty āyávaḥ | devā́ devébhyo mádhu ||
Translation
आ त इन्दो मदाय कं पयो दुहन्त्यायवः । देवा देवेभ्यो मधु ॥
Word by Word
आhither; towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
तेof you; your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्दोO Indu (Soma)
इन्दो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
मदायfor exhilaration; for intoxication
मदाय:
सम्प्रदान (purpose/for)
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
कम्some; a (certain)
कम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रश्न/अनिश्चय-सर्वनाम; यहाँ ‘some/any’)
पयःmilk; milky juice
पयः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
दुहन्तिthey milk; they draw
दुहन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootदुह् (दोग्धि) धातु
आयवःthe Āyus (descendants of Ayu); the Ayu-people
आयवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootआयु (प्रातिपदिक) → आयव्- (वेदिक बहुवचन-प्रयोग)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ (appositional) / सम्बोधन-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
देवेभ्यःto the gods
देवेभ्यः:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
मधुhoney; sweetness
मधु:
कर्म (elliptic: ‘[milk] honey/sweetness’)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
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