Rig Veda 4.49.2: Mandala 4, Sukta 49, Mantra 2
Sukta 4.49
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional for Mandala 4; specific attribution for 4.49 commonly to Vāmadeva)
Devata: Indra-Bṛhaspati (dual)
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (likely; confirmable from full hymn prosody)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अयं वां परि षिच्यते सोम इन्द्राबृहस्पती । चारुर्मदाय पीतये ॥
Transliteration
a॒yaṁ vāṁ॒ pári ṣicyate॒ sóma indrābṛhaspatī | cā́rur mádāya pītáye ||
Translation
హే ఇంద్ర–బృహస్పతి! ఈ సోమము మీ ఇద్దరికోసం చుట్టూరా పోయబడుతోంది—మదము (ఆనందోన్మాదము) కొరకు మనోహరమైనది, అంతరంగంలో పానము చేయుటకు.
Word by Word
अयम्this (one/this Soma)
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाम्of/for you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround; forth (as preverb)
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (Preverb/Preposition)
Rootपरि
षिच्यतेis poured/sprinkled
षिच्यते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसिच् (सिञ्चति) धातुः
सोमःSoma (the pressed drink)
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्राO Indra
इन्द्रा:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहस्पतीO Bṛhaspati
बृहस्पती:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootबृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
चारुःpleasant, lovely
चारुः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootचारु (प्रातिपदिक)
मदायfor exhilaration/intoxication
मदाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (verbal noun)
Rootपा (पिबति) धातुः → पीति (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, action noun)
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