Rig Veda 8.51.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 51, Mantra 1
Sukta 8.51
Rishi: Kanva tradition (Kāṇva); specific rishi for 8.51 uncertain in this excerpt
Devata: Indra (with Soma context)
Chandas: Jagatī/Tr̥ṣṭubh probable; requires scan
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यथा मनौ सांवरणौ सोममिन्द्रापिबः सुतम् । नीपातिथौ मघवन्मेध्यातिथौ पुष्टिगौ श्रुष्टिगौ सचा ॥
Transliteration
yáthā manáu sā́ṃvaraṇau sómam indrā́pibaḥ sutám | nī́pā́tithau maghavan medhyā́tithau púṣṭi-gau śrúṣṭi-gau sácā ||
Translation
As once with Manu Sāṃvaraṇa you drank the pressed Soma, O Indra—so too, O bounteous one, with Nīpātithi, with Medhyātithi, companioning the powers of increase and of obedient hearing.
Word by Word
यथाjust as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
मनौin/at (the house of) Manu
मनौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमनु (प्रातिपदिक)
सांवरणौ(at) Sāṃvaraṇa (of the Sāṃvaraṇa line)
सांवरणौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootसांवरण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सांवरण’ < सम्+वृ ‘to cover/enclose’; patronymic/epithet)
सोमम्Soma (juice)
सोमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
—
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अपिबःyou drank
अपिबः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु) ‘to drink’
सुतम्pressed (Soma)
सुतम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootसु (धातु) ‘to press (Soma)’ → सुत (कृदन्त)
नीपातिथौat Nīpātithi’s (rite/house)
नीपातिथौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootनीपातिथि (प्रातिपदिक; नीप + अतिथि)
मघवन्O bountiful one
मघवन्:
—
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
मेध्यातिथौat Medhyātithi’s (rite/house)
मेध्यातिथौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootमेध्यातिथि (प्रातिपदिक; मेध्य + अतिथि)
पुष्टिगौthe two nourishment-bringing (ones)
पुष्टिगौ:
Kartā (as epithet of the subject)
TypeAdjective (dual epithet)
Rootपुष्टिगु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having/bringing nourishment’)
श्रुष्टिगौthe two attentive/obedient (ones)
श्रुष्टिगौ:
Kartā (as epithet of the subject)
TypeAdjective (dual epithet)
Rootश्रुष्टिगु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘obedience/ready-to-hear’ + -गु)
सचाtogether, in company
सचा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसच (अव्यय) ‘together, in company’
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