Rig Veda 1.2.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 5

Sukta 1.2

Rishi: Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra

Devata: Vāyu and Indra (dual)

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वायविन्द्रश्च चेतथः सुतानां वाजिनीवसू । तावा यातमुप द्रवत् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.2.5

Transliteration

vāyav índraś ca cetathaḥ sutā́nāṃ vājinīvasū | tāvā́ yātam úpa dravát ||

Translation

O Vāyu and Indra, you two take cognizance of the pressed Soma; O lords of plenitude and victorious force, come—hasten near to the swift-flowing delight that runs toward you.

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Word by Word

• वायो: O Vāyu
• वायो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: वायु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• चेतथः: you two perceive/are aware
• चेतथः: क्रिया (कर्तृ: वायो + इन्द्रः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चित् (धातु; ‘to perceive/notice/think’)

• सुतानाम्: of the pressed (Soma-juices)
• सुतानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun (genitive)
• Root: सुता- (ppp of √सु ‘to press (Soma)’; प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजिनीवसू: O you two rich in prize/strength
• वाजिनीवसू: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun/Adjective (vocative dual epithet)
• Root: वाजिनीवसु- (प्रातिपदिक; वाजिनी ‘having prize/strength’ + वसु ‘good/wealth’)

• तौ: those two (you two)
• तौ: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यातम्: come (you two)!
• यातम्: क्रिया (कर्तृ: तौ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु ‘to go’)

• उप: near, up to
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• द्रवत्: run/come swiftly
• द्रवत्: क्रिया (कर्तृ: तौ)
• Type: Verb (injunctive/imperative-like Vedic form)
• Root: द्रु (धातु ‘to run/flow’)