Rig Veda 8.32.16: Mandala 8, Sukta 32, Mantra 16
Sukta 8.32
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Soma (with the larger hymn-context still Indra-Soma orientation)
Chandas: Gāyatrī or Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain; requires syllable count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न नूनं ब्रह्मणामृणं प्राशूनामस्ति सुन्वताम् । न सोमो अप्रता पपे ॥
Transliteration
ná nū́naṃ brahmáṇām ṛṇáṃ prāśū́nām asti sunvatā́m | ná sómo aprátā papé ||
Translation
اب بے شک پانے والوں کے لیے مقدس کلمات کا کوئی قرضہ نہیں؛ اور سوم بغیر پیش کیے گئے نہیں پیتا, راست کے نظام میں رسم میں کچھ بھی ادائیگی کے بغیر نہیں رہتا۔
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
नूनम्now; indeed
नूनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम्
ब्रह्मणाम्of the sacred formulations/priests (brahmans)
ब्रह्मणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
ऋणम्a debt; obligation
ऋणम्:
कर्तृ/विषय (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootऋण
प्राशूनाम्of the eager/impetuous ones (prāśu-s)
प्राशूनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राशु
अस्तिis; exists
अस्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
सुन्वताम्of the Soma-pressers
सुन्वताम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeKṛdanta (present participle)
Rootसु
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
कर्तृ/विषय (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम
अप्रताnot given over; not handed out
अप्रता:
विशेषण (of सोमः)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-प्रता
पपेhas drunk; drank
पपे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपा
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