Rig Veda 10.145.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 145, Mantra 6
Sukta 10.145
Devata: Mind/Will-compulsion charm (psychic ‘binding’ of manaḥ); practical address to a targeted person/power rather than a major deva
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उप तेऽधां सहमानामभि त्वाधां सहीयसा । मामनु प्र ते मनो वत्सं गौरिव धावतु पथा वारिव धावतु ॥
Transliteration
úpa te ’dhāṃ sáhamānām abhí tvā dhāṃ sahī́yasā | mām ánu prá te máno vatsáṃ gáur iva dhāvatu pathā́ vā́r iva dhāvatu ||
Translation
أُلقي عليك القوّةَ الغالبة، وأضغطها عليك بقدرةٍ أشدّ. فليجرِ ذهنُك أمامًا في أثري—كما تجري البقرةُ إلى عِجلها—وليجرِ في السبيل، كما تجري المياهُ في مجراها.
Word by Word
उपnear, towards
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग) / उप (अव्यय)
तेto you / of you
ते:
Sampradāna (to you) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
अधाम्may I place, I set
अधाम्:
Kartā (speaker) + Karma (implied: spell/force)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
सहमानाम्overpowering, prevailing
सहमानाम्:
Karma (qualifier of what is placed)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहमान (प्रातिपदिक; √सह ‘to overcome, endure’)
अभिtowards, against
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
अधाम्may I place (upon/against)
अधाम्:
Kartā (speaker)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
सहीयसाwith the stronger (power), more forcibly
सहीयसा:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootसहीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; comparative from सह ‘stronger/more prevailing’)
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अनुafter, along
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
तेyour
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
मनःmind
मनः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
वत्सम्calf
वत्सम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
गौरिवlike a cow
गौरिव:
Kartā (in simile) / उपमान
TypeNoun + Indeclinable
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक) + इव (अव्यय)
धावतुlet it run, may it hasten
धावतु:
Kartā (मनः)
TypeVerb
Rootधाव् (धातु)
पथाby/along the path
पथा:
Adhikaraṇa/Karaṇa (path as course/means)
TypeNoun
Rootपथ (प्रातिपदिक)
वारिवlike water
वारिव:
उपमान
TypeNoun + Indeclinable
Rootवारि (प्रातिपदिक ‘water’) + इव (अव्यय)
धावतुlet it run, may it hasten
धावतु:
Kartā (मनः)
TypeVerb
Rootधाव् (धातु)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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Chanting Notes
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