Rig Veda 1.23.10: Mandala 1, Sukta 23, Mantra 10
Sukta 1.23
Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva
Devata: Viśve Devāḥ / Maruts
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विश्वान्देवान्हवामहे मरुतः सोमपीतये । उग्रा हि पृश्निमातरः ॥
Transliteration
viśvān devān havāmahe marutaḥ somapītaye | ugrā hi pṛśnimātaraḥ ||
Translation
เราทั้งหลายอัญเชิญเทพทั้งปวง—เหล่ามรุต (Maruts)—เพื่อการดื่มโสมะ (Soma); เพราะพวกเขาเป็นผู้เกรียงไกรดุดัน มีปฤศนี (Pṛśni) เป็นมารดา.
Word by Word
विश्वान्all (of them)
विश्वान्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
देवान्the gods
देवान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
हवामहेwe invoke / we call
हवामहे:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (ह्वयति/हवते) ‘to call, invoke’
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमपीतयेfor the drinking of Soma / for Soma-drinking
सोमपीतये:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (action/occasion noun)
Rootसोमपीति (सोम + पीति) (प्रातिपदिक)
उग्राःfierce, mighty
उग्राः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
पृश्निमातरःhaving Pṛśni as mother (sons of Pṛśni)
पृश्निमातरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootपृश्निमातर् (पृश्नि + मातृ) (प्रातिपदिक)
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