Rig Veda 1.116.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 116, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.116

Rishi: Kakṣīvant Dairghatamasa (traditional attribution for RV 1.116)

Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā), the twin healers and rescuers

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (dominant meter for RV 1.116)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

युवं नरा स्तुवते पज्रियाय कक्षीवते अरदतं पुरंधिम् । कारोतराच्छफादश्वस्य वृष्णः शतं कुम्भाँ असिञ्चतं सुरायाः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.116.7

Transliteration

yuváṃ narā stuvaté pajriyā́ya kakṣī́vate aradataṃ púraṃdhim | kārotarā́c chaphā́d áśvasya vṛ́ṣṇaḥ śatáṃ kúmbhāṃ asiñcataṃ surā́yāḥ ||

Translation

โอเจ้านายผู้ทรงพลังทั้งสอง ท่านได้นำปุรันธิ—พลังแห่งความอุดมสมบูรณ์—มาสู่กักษีวันต์ ผู้สรรเสริญ แห่งสายปัชระ และจากกีบของม้าพ่อพันธุ์อันแข็งแรง ท่านทำให้สุราไหลออกเป็นร้อยหม้อ

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Word by Word

• युवाम्: you two
• युवाम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• नरा: O two men (Aśvins)
• नरा: सम्बोधन/कर्तृ (apposition to युवाम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर

• स्तुवते: (to/for one) praising
• स्तुवते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (स्तवति)

• पज्रियाय: to Pajriya (the Pajra-descended one)
• पज्रियाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Adjective (used as noun-epithet)
• Root: पज्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) / पज्रि-सम्बद्ध

• कक्षीवते: to Kakṣīvān
• कक्षीवते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: कक्षीवत् (ऋषि-नाम)

• अरदतम्: you two gave/granted
• अरदतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रद् (अरदत्)

• पुरंधिम्: Purandhi (a woman/consort; name)
• पुरंधिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरंधि

• कारोतरात्: from Kārōtarā
• कारोतरात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारोतर (प्रातिपदिक)

• छफात्: from the hoof
• छफात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: छफ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वस्य: of the horse
• अश्वस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व

• वृष्णः: of the stallion/bull (virile one)
• वृष्णः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषन्

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: कर्म (परिमाण)
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: शत

• कुम्भान्: jars/pitchers
• कुम्भान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भ

• असिञ्चतम्: you two poured/filled
• असिञ्चतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (सिञ्चति)

• सुरायाः: of surā (liquor)
• सुरायाः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा