Rig Veda 1.152.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 152, Mantra 4
Sukta 1.152
Rishi: Māmateya (traditional)
Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्रयन्तमित्परि जारं कनीनां पश्यामसि नोपनिपद्यमानम् । अनवपृग्णा वितता वसानं प्रियं मित्रस्य वरुणस्य धाम ॥
Transliteration
prayántam íd pári jāráṃ kanīnā́ṃ páśyāmasi nópa-nipádyamānam | anava-pṛ́gṇā vitátā vásānaṃ priyáṃ mitrásya váruṇasya dhā́ma ||
Translation
نُبْصِرُ الحبيبَ يَدورُ حولَ العذارى، غيرَ أنّه لا يَهوي فيهنّ ولا يَغوص. غيرُ مُنْقَطِعٍ، مُنْبَسِطٌ واسعٌ كالثوب، يَرتدي المَقامَ المحبوبَ لِمِترا وفَرُونَة.
Word by Word
प्रयन्तम्going forth, moving
प्रयन्तम्:
कर्म (of ‘पश्यामसि’)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootप्र-यम् (धातु √यम् ‘to go/extend/hold’, here as present participle of √या/√इ in Vedic usage; prātipadika: प्रयन्त्)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
परिaround, about
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
जारम्lover, wooer
जारम्:
कर्म (of ‘पश्यामसि’)
TypeNoun
Rootजार (प्रातिपदिक)
कनीनाम्of the maidens/young girls
कनीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: whose?)
TypeNoun
Rootकनीना (प्रातिपदिक)
पश्यामसिwe see
पश्यामसि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पश् (to see)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध)
उपनिपद्यमानम्approaching/lying down near; submitting
उपनिपद्यमानम्:
कर्म (qualifying the seen object) / विशेषण
TypeParticiple
Rootउप-नि-√पद् (to go/approach; ‘to fall down/submit’), prātipadika: उपनिपद्यमान (pres. middle participle)
अनवपृग्णाःundefiled, unsoiled
अनवपृग्णाः:
कर्तृ (of implied ‘(स्त्रियः) … वसानाः’) / विशेष्य-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअन- + अव-√पृज्/√पृञ्ज् (to smear/daub; to defile), prātipadika: अनवपृग्ण (neg. adj.)
वितताःspread out, extended
वितताः:
कर्तृ/विशेषण (agreeing with feminine plural subject)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootवि-√तन् (to stretch/spread), prātipadika: वितत (ppp)
वसानाःwearing, clothed in
वसानाः:
कर्तृ (they wearing) / विशेषण
TypeParticiple
Root√वस् (to wear/put on), prātipadika: वसान (pres. middle participle)
प्रियम्dear, beloved
प्रियम्:
कर्म/विशेष्य (object/complement with ‘धाम’)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
मित्रस्यof Mitra
मित्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वरुणस्यof Varuṇa
वरुणस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
धामabode, seat, domain
धाम:
कर्म (appositional object with ‘प्रियम्’)
TypeNoun
Rootधामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
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