Rig Veda 10.96.13: Mandala 10, Sukta 96, Mantra 13

Sukta 10.96

Rishi: Not specified in provided text; hymn RV 10.96 is an Indra-stuti (late maṇḍala).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अपाः पूर्वेषां हरिवः सुतानामथो इदं सवनं केवलं ते । ममद्धि सोमं मधुमन्तमिन्द्र सत्रा वृषञ्जठर आ वृषस्व ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.96.13

Transliteration

apā́ḥ pū́rveṣāṁ harivaḥ sutā́nām átho idáṁ sávanam kévalaṁ te | mamaddhí sómaṁ mádhumantam indra satrā́ vṛṣan jaṭháre ā́ vṛṣasva ||

Translation

Let go the earlier pressings, O Harivaḥ; now this pressing is yours alone. Drink deep the honeyed Soma, O Indra; continuously, O Bull of power, pour it into your belly—fill yourself with the force of delight.

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• अपाः: the waters
• अपाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक) अप्- ‘जल’

• पूर्वेषाम्: of the former/earlier ones
• पूर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) ‘पूर्व’

• हरिवः: O Hari-yoked one (Indra)
• हरिवः: (Sambोधन) संबोधितः
• Type: Noun (Vocative epithet)
• Root: हरिवत्/हरिवन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘हरि-युक्त’ (इन्द्र का विशेषण)

• सुतानाम्: of the pressed (Soma-juices)
• सुतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सुत (PPP from √सु ‘to press/extract (Soma)’)

• अथो: and also / moreover
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ (निपात)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (of implied ‘accept/enjoy’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सवनम्: pressing; Soma-libation
• सवनम्: Karma (object of implied ‘accept/enjoy’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवन (प्रातिपदिक) ‘सोम-याग का सवन/प्रेसिंग’

• केवलम्: only; exclusively
• केवलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केवल (प्रातिपदिक) ‘केवल/मात्र’

• ते: for you; your
• ते: Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (possessor: ‘for you/your’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ममद्धि: be exhilarated!; rejoice!
• ममद्धि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मद् ‘to be exhilarated/intoxicated’

• सोमम्: Soma
• सोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुमन्तम्: honeyed; sweet
• मधुमन्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘मधु-युक्त/मधुर’

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: (Sambोधन) संबोधितः
• Type: Noun (Vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सत्रा: always; continually
• सत्रा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्रा (निपात/क्रियाविशेषण)

• वृषन्: O Bull-like one; mighty one
• वृषन्: (Sambोधन) संबोधितः
• Type: Noun (Vocative epithet)
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘वृषभ/वीर’ (इन्द्र का विशेषण)

• जठरे: in (your) belly
• जठरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जठर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘उदर’

• आ: towards; fully
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• वृषस्व: pour forth!; stream!
• वृषस्व: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृष् ‘to rain/sprinkle; to be strong’ (वैदिक: ‘to pour/stream’)