Rig Veda 1.22.14: Mandala 1, Sukta 22, Mantra 14
Sukta 1.22
Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva
Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī with Gandharva motif (Soma-guardianship nuance)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तयोरिद्घृतवत्पयो विप्रा रिहन्ति धीतिभिः । गन्धर्वस्य ध्रुवे पदे ॥
Transliteration
tayor id ghṛtavat payo viprā rihanti dhītibhiḥ | gandharvasya dhruve pade ||
Translation
ఆ రెండు (ద్యౌస్–పృథివి) యొక్క ఘృతసమృద్ధ పయస్సును విప్రులు తమ ధీతులతో ఆస్వదిస్తారు—గంధర్వుని ధ్రువ పదంలో, అక్కడ ఆనందం స్థిరంగా నిలిచి ఉంటుంది.
Word by Word
तयोःof those two / in those two
तयोः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
घृतवत्having ghee, ghee-rich
घृतवत्:
विशेषण (of the object)
TypeAdjective
Rootघृतवत् (घृत + -वत्, गुणवाचक)
पयःmilk, nourishing drink
पयः:
कर्म (object of रिहन्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootपयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
विप्राःinspired seers, sages
विप्राः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
रिहन्तिthey lick/lap, they taste
रिहन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootरिह् (धातु, भ्वादि; ‘लिह्/रिह्’ = to lick, lap)
धीतिभिःwith insights, with hymnic thoughts
धीतिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootधीति (प्रातिपदिक; from √धी ‘to think’)
गन्धर्वस्यof the Gandharva
गन्धर्वस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
ध्रुवेin the fixed/firm
ध्रुवे:
अधिकरण (locative)
TypeAdjective
Rootध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
पदेin the place/footstep (station)
पदे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
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