Rig Veda 1.62.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 62, Mantra 9
Sukta 1.62
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Āṅgirasa)
Devata: Indra (implicit), with inner ‘son’ imagery
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सनेमि सख्यं स्वपस्यमानः सूनुर्दाधार शवसा सुदंसाः । आमासु चिद्दधिषे पक्वमन्तः पयः कृष्णासु रुशद्रोहिणीषु ॥
Transliteration
sánemi sakhyáṃ svapasyámānaḥ sūnúr dā́dhāra śávasā sudáṃsāḥ | āmā́su cid dadhīṣe pákvam antáḥ páyaḥ kṛṣṇā́su rúśad róhiṇīṣu ||
Translation
طالباً الصداقة، عاملاً بمهارةٍ قَويمة، أقام الابنُ—بقوّته—سيادته الحسنة. حتى في النيّئ تضع الناضجَ في باطنه: لبنُ النور يلمع وسط الأشكال الداكنة والمُحمرّة.
Word by Word
सनेमिI win / I obtain
सनेमि:
Kartā (अहं—अध्याहृतः)
TypeVerb
Root√सन् (san) / सन्- (प्राप्तौ, लाभे)
सख्यम्friendship, alliance
सख्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसख्य- (सखि- से भाव)
स्वपस्यमानःdoing good service / working well
स्वपस्यमानः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्—सू्नुः)
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootस्वपस्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सु- + पस्य/पस्’—कुशलकर्म/सेवा/उपकार-भाव)
सूनुःson, offspring
सूनुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूनु-
दाधारhas held / upheld
दाधार:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√धृ (धारणे)
शवसाby strength, with might
शवसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशवस्-
सुदंसाःof good powers / wondrous
सुदंसाः:
Kartā (विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः; स्तुत्याः/देवाः—अध्याहृताः)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-दंसस्- (दंसस् ‘कौशल/कर्म/शक्ति’)
आमासुin the raw (unripe) [ones/conditions]
आमासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootआम-
चित्even, indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित्
दधिषेyou have placed / you have put
दधिषे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धारणे/निधाने)
पक्वम्ripe, cooked
पक्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपक्व- (√पच् से क्त)
अन्तःwithin, inside
अन्तः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (adverb) / Noun-form
Rootअन्तर्/अन्तः
पयःmilk, sap
पयः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपयस्-
कृष्णासुin the black (dark) [ones]
कृष्णासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (f.)
Rootकृष्णा-
रुशत्shining, bright
रुशत्:
Karma (विशेषणम्—पयः)
TypeAdjective (participle-like)
Rootरुशत्- (√रुश्/रुच् ‘दीप्तौ’ से शतृ/विशेषण)
रोहिणीषुamong the red (cows), in the rohiṇīs
रोहिणीषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरोहिणी-
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