Rig Veda 8.50.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 50, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.50
Rishi: Kanva tradition (Kāṇva); specific rishi for 8.50 uncertain in this excerpt
Devata: Soma
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ नः सोमे स्वध्वर इयानो अत्यो न तोशते । यं ते स्वदावन्त्स्वदन्ति गूर्तयः पौरे छन्दयसे हवम् ॥
Transliteration
ā́ naḥ sóme svadhvará iyā́nó átyo ná tóśate | yáṃ te svadāvánt svádanti gūrtáyaḥ pauré chandayase hávam ||
Translation
ఓ సోమ, స్వధ్వర—సుసంయత యజ్ఞంలో—గమనిస్తూ మా వద్దకు రా; ఆపలేని వేగశాలి అశ్వంలా. సుఉచ్చరిత గూర్తయః నీ మాధుర్యాన్ని ఆస్వాదిస్తాయి; పరిపూర్ణతలో నీవు మా హవాన్ని అంగీకరిస్తావు।
Word by Word
आhither; towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
नःof us; for us
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
सोमेO Soma
सोमे:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम
स्वध्वरःhaving a good rite; of good sacrifice
स्वध्वरः:
Kartā (subject, apposition to ‘अत्यः’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसु- + अध्वर
इयानःgoing; coming
इयानः:
Kartā (qualifier of the subject)
TypeParticiple
Rootइ (धातु: इ ‘to go’)
अत्यःsteed; swift one
अत्यः:
Kartā (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअत्य
नlike; as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (particle)
तोषतेis pleased; is satisfied
तोषते:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootतुष् (to be pleased, be satisfied)
यम्whom; which
यम्:
Karma (object)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
तेof you; your
ते:
Sampradāna/Śeṣa (of you; your)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
स्वदावन्त्sweet; possessing sweetness
स्वदावन्त्:
Karma (in apposition to ‘यम्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वदावन्त् (from √स्वद् ‘to be sweet/pleasant’ + -वत्)
स्वदन्तिthey relish; they taste (sweetly)
स्वदन्ति:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootस्वद् (to taste sweet; to relish)
गूर्तयःpraises; laudations (songs)
गूर्तयः:
Kartā (subject of ‘स्वदन्ति’)
TypeNoun
Rootगूर्ति
पौरेO lord of the people/clan
पौरे:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootपौर (from पुर ‘stronghold, settlement’; ‘of the clan/people’)
छन्दयसेyou please; you delight
छन्दयसे:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootछन्द् (to please, gladden; to be acceptable)
हवम्invocation; call
हवम्:
Karma (object of ‘छन्दयसे’)
TypeNoun
Rootहव
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