Rig Veda 1.30.11: Mandala 1, Sukta 30, Mantra 11
Sukta 1.30
Rishi: Kakṣīvān Dairghatamasa
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Jagatī/Triṣṭubh (uncertain; requires scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अस्माकं शिप्रिणीनां सोमपाः सोमपाव्नाम् । सखे वज्रिन्त्सखीनाम् ॥
Transliteration
asmā́kaṃ śipríṇīnām sómapāḥ somapā́vnām | sá khe vajrín tsakhī́nām ||
Translation
Of us—of the shining-cheeked ones—O drinker of Soma among Soma-drinkers, O vajra-bearer, be the friend of friends.
Word by Word
अस्माकम्of us / our
अस्माकम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शिप्रिणीनाम्of the shīprīṇīs (Indra’s ‘cheek-/jaw-armed’ ones; i.e., those possessing shīprā)
शिप्रिणीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation; dependent on अस्माकम्)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootशिप्रिणी (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)
सोमपाःSoma-drinker
सोमपाः:
कर्तृ (addressed subject; vocative-like nominative in Vedic)
TypeNoun (agent noun/epithet)
Rootसोमपा (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + पा ‘drinker’)
सोमपाव्नाम्of the Soma-drinkers
सोमपाव्नाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation; ‘of Soma-drinkers’)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootसोमपावन् (प्रातिपदिक; सोम + पावन् ‘drinking/imbibing’)
सखेO friend
सखे:
सम्बोधन (direct address)
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रातिपदिक)
वज्रिन्O wielder of the thunderbolt
वज्रिन्:
सम्बोधन (direct address)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootवज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having the vajra’)
सखीनाम्of friends
सखीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रातिपदिक)
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