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Ṛk 1.16.6

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Saṃhitā

इ॒मे सोमा॑स॒ इंद॑वः सु॒तासो॒ अधि॑ ब॒र्हिषि॑ ।
ताँ इं॑द्र॒ सह॑से पिब ॥

इमे सोमास इन्दवः सुतासो अधि बर्हिषि |
तां इन्द्र सहसे पिब ||

imé sómāsa índavaḥ sutā́so ádhi barhíṣi ǀ
tā́m̐ indra sáhase piba ǁ

ime somāsa indavaḥ sutāso adhi barhiṣi |
tāṃ indra sahase piba ||

Padapāṭha

इ॒मे । सोमा॑सः । इन्द॑वः । सु॒तासः॑ । अधि॑ । ब॒र्हिषि॑ ।
तान् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । सह॑से । पि॒ब॒ ॥

इमे । सोमासः । इन्दवः । सुतासः । अधि । बर्हिषि ।
तान् । इन्द्र । सहसे । पिब ॥

imé ǀ sómāsaḥ ǀ índavaḥ ǀ sutā́saḥ ǀ ádhi ǀ barhíṣi ǀ
tā́n ǀ indra ǀ sáhase ǀ piba ǁ

ime ǀ somāsaḥ ǀ indavaḥ ǀ sutāsaḥ ǀ adhi ǀ barhiṣi ǀ
tān ǀ indra ǀ sahase ǀ piba ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.016.06
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.1.31.01
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.04.054
Devatā देवता
Indra
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Medhātithi Kāṇva
Chandas छन्दस्
Gāyatrī
Svara स्वरः
षड्जः

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Ṛgveda 1.16.6

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. Pressed out on the altar are these succulent Soma-juices; drink them, Indra, for strength.

Commentary

ime somāsaḥ these Soma-juices; indavaḥ (formed from und to moisten) succulent, juicy, pleasant ; barhişi on the seat of the inner altar; adhi upon; sutāsaḥ are pressed, abide; tān the Soma-juices thus purified for thy drinking and kept in different vessels signifying their many parts; O indra, Indra; sahase for strength; piba drink.

Here adhi means in excess, pressed out, barhişi in sacrifice, says Sayana. The meaning given by us to adhi barhiși does not detract from the gross interpretation as the term barhi is current by usage in ritual in the sense of darbha, sacred grass. Skandaswamin also says: adhi, above the altar.