Rig Veda 1.93.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 93, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.93

Rishi: Uncertain here from supplied data; traditional attribution for RV 1.93 requires confirmation

Devata: Agni-Soma (dual)

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī depending on hymn structure (requires verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अग्नीषोमा यो अद्य वामिदं वचः सपर्यति । तस्मै धत्तं सुवीर्यं गवां पोषं स्वश्व्यम् ॥

Transliteration

agnī́ṣomā yó adyá vā́m idáṃ vácaḥ sapáryati | tásmai dhattaṃ su-vī́ryaṃ gavā́ṃ póṣaṃ sv-áśvyam ||

Translation

阿耆尼与苏摩啊，凡今日以此言辞敬奉你们者，赐与他善勇之力；赐与牛群之增益（光之母牛），并赐高贵的马力（善马之福）。

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Word by Word

• अग्नीषोमा: O Agni and Soma
• अग्नीषोमा: सम्बोधन (address; outside kāraka)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: अग्नि- + सोम- (द्वन्द्व-समास) → प्रातिपदिकम् ‘अग्नीषोम’

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)

• वाम्: to you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम) → वाम्

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्- (सर्वनाम)

• वचः: utterance, hymn
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सपर्यति: worships, honors
• सपर्यति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सपर्य् (धातु; ‘to honor, worship, serve’)

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्- (सर्वनाम)

• धत्तम्: bestow (you two), grant
• धत्तम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु; ‘to place, bestow’)

• सुवीर्यम्: good heroism/power
• सुवीर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- + वीर्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘manly power, heroism’)

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पोषम्: nourishment, increase
• पोषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पोष- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘nourishment, prosperity’)

• स्वश्व्यम्: good-horsed prosperity (abundance of good horses)
• स्वश्व्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: सु- + अश्व्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having good horses’) → स्वश्व्य-