Rig Veda 1.121.7 — Mandala 1, Sukta 121, Mantra 7
Sukta 1.121
Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa
Devata: Indra as solar/illumining power in the rite (with Agni-idiom of fuel and kindling in the imagery)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स्विध्मा यद्वनधितिरपस्यात्सूरो अध्वरे परि रोधना गोः । यद्ध प्रभासि कृत्व्याँ अनु द्यूननर्विशे पश्विषे तुराय ॥
Transliteration
svi-dhmá̄ yád vana-dhítir apasyá̄t sú̄ro adhvaré pári ródhanā góḥ | yád dha pra-bhá̄si kṛ́tvyāṃ ánu dyú̄n ánarviśe paśv-íṣe turá̄ya ||
Translation
حين تؤدّي الحطبُ المشتعلةُ اشتعالًا حسنًا خدمتها، يدور سُوريا في الأَدْهْفَرا (الذبيحة) حول حظيرةِ البقرة—النورِ المحروس. وحين تتألّق، متّبعًا يومًا بعد يوم عملَ التكوين، تأتي لزيادةٍ لا تنقطع ولغَنْمٍ سريعٍ للقطعان.
Word by Word
स्वित्indeed? / perhaps / whether
स्वित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित् (निपात) अथवा स्विद्
ध्माthen / indeed (emphatic particle)
ध्मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootध्मा (निपात; ध्मा/ध्मै इति वैदिक-निपातः)
यत्when / that which
यत्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वनधितिःthe wood-cutter / forest-splitter
वनधितिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवनधिति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वन’ + ‘धिति’)
अपस्यात्might work / might be active
अपस्यात्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअपस् (धातु: अपस्/अप् ‘to work, be active’)
सूरःthe Sun (Sūrya)
सूरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर (प्रातिपदिक)
अध्वरेin the sacrifice / rite
अध्वरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रोधनाenclosures / barriers
रोधना:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरोधन (प्रातिपदिक; √रुध् ‘to obstruct, enclose’)
गोःof the cow / of cattle
गोः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when / that which
यत्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हindeed / surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
प्रभासिyou shine forth
प्रभासि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भास् (भास् ‘to shine’) + प्र-
कृत्व्यान्tasks / things-to-be-done
कृत्व्यान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत्व्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘to be done/required’, from √कृ)
अनुalong / after
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
द्यून्days
द्यून्:
Adhikaraṇa (काल-निर्देश) / Karma (with अनु)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘day/sky’)
अनर्विशेfor the blameless clan/settlement
अनर्विशे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootअनर्विश् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘not harming the clan/people’, from नृ/अर्व? + विश् ‘clan’)
पश्विषेfor cattle-abundance / for prosperity in livestock
पश्विषे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective (abstract/quality)
Rootपश्विष् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘rich in cattle’, from पशु)
तुरायfor the swift one / for victory-swiftness
तुराय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootतुर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘swift/overcoming’; also epithet) অথবা √तुर्
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