Rig Veda 4.46.7: Mandala 4, Sukta 46, Mantra 7

Sukta 4.46

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 4)

Devata: Indra-Vāyu

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; verify in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इह प्रयाणमस्तु वामिन्द्रवायू विमोचनम् । इह वां सोमपीतये ॥

Transliteration

ihá pra-yā́ṇam astu vām índra-vāyū vi-mócanam | ihá vām sóma-pītaye ||

Translation

Here let there be your setting-forth, O Indra and Vāyu—here your releasing. Here, for the drinking of Soma: may the powers of breath and luminous force begin their movement within us and loosen the knots that bind the energies, so the delight may be received without obstruction.

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• इह: here
• इह: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (deictic adverb)

• प्रयाणम्: setting forth; departure; journey
• प्रयाणम्: कर्म (अस्तु इति विधेयस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-√या (याति) → प्रयाण (n.)

• अस्तु: let there be; may it be
• अस्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस्ति)

• वाम्: for you two; of you two
• वाम्: सम्प्रदान (युवयोः/युवाभ्याम्-अर्थे ‘for you two’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• इन्द्रवायू: O Indra and Vāyu
• इन्द्रवायू: सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: इन्द्र + वायु (समास)

• विमोचनम्: release; unyoking; loosening
• विमोचनम्: कर्म/विधेय (प्रयाणस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-√मुच् (मुञ्चति) → विमोचन (n.)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (deictic adverb)

• वाम्: for you two; of you two
• वाम्: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• सोमपीतये: for Soma-drinking; for the drinking of Soma
• सोमपीतये: सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + पीति (f.) ‘drinking’ < √पा (पिबति) (समास)