Rig Veda 10.85.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 85, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.85
Devata: Soma (esoteric/inner Soma contrasted with outer pressed Soma)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; not metrically verified from input alone)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सोमं मन्यते पपिवान्यत्सम्पिंषन्त्योषधिम् । सोमं यं ब्रह्माणो विदुर्न तस्याश्नाति कश्चन ॥
Transliteration
sómaṁ manyate papivā́n yát sampiṁṣántyoṣádhim | sómaṁ yáṁ brahmā́ṇo vidúr ná tásyāśnāti káś caná ||
Translation
He thinks he has drunk Soma when they crush the plant. But the Soma that the seers of the Word know—of that no one eats; it is not seized by the outer act, for it belongs to the inner knowledge.
Word by Word
सोमम्Soma (the drink)
सोमम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसोम- (प्रातिपदिक)
मन्यतेthinks/considers
मन्यते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√मन् (मन्यते) / √मन् (to think, consider)
पपिवान्having drunk; the drinker
पपिवान्:
कर्तृ
TypeParticiple (Adjective-like)
Root√पा (पिबति) → पपिवस्-/पपिवान् (कृत्: क्तवत्)
यत्which/that
यत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together; completely
सम्:
(क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable (prefix/preverb)
Rootसम्- (उपसर्ग)
पिंषन्तिthey crush/pound
पिंषन्ति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√पिष् (पिंषति)
ओषधिम्the herb/plant
ओषधिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमम्Soma
सोमम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसोम- (प्रातिपदिक)
यम्whom/which
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्माणःthe Brahmins; sacred formulators
ब्रह्माणः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
विदुःknow
विदुः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (वेद) → विदुः
नnot
न:
(निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध-अव्यय)
तस्यof that (Soma)
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अश्नातिeats/partakes
अश्नाति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अश् (अश्नाति)
कश्चनanyone; someone (at all)
कश्चन:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun (indefinite)
Rootक- (किम्) + चन (अनिश्चितता-निपात)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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