Rig Veda 10.34.9: Mandala 10, Sukta 34, Mantra 9
Sukta 10.34
Rishi: Kavasha Ailusha
Devata: Akṣāḥ (Dice) as impersonal overpowering forces
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नीचा वर्तन्त उपरि स्फुरन्त्यहस्तासो हस्तवन्तं सहन्ते । दिव्या अङ्गारा इरिणे न्युप्ताः शीताः सन्तो हृदयं निर्दहन्ति ॥
Transliteration
nīcā́ vártanta úpari sphuranty ahastā́so hástavantaṃ sahante | divyā́ aṅgā́rā íriṇe nyùptāḥ śītā́ḥ sántaḥ hṛ́dayaṃ nír dahanti ||
Translation
تتدحرج وضيعةً ثم تقفز عالياً؛ واللاذوو الأيدي يغلبون ذا اليدين. كجمرٍ سماويٍّ دُفن في أرضٍ قاحلة—وهو باردٌ في الظاهر—يحرق القلب حتى يفنيه.
Word by Word
नीचाः(they) low/down
नीचाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootनीच (प्रातिपदिक) < निच्/नीच ‘नीचे’
वर्तन्तेthey move/turn
वर्तन्ते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वृत् (वर्तते) ‘to turn, to move, to exist’
उपरिabove, upward
उपरि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउपरि (अव्यय) < उपर ‘above’
स्फुरन्तिthey twitch/jerk
स्फुरन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√स्फुर् ‘to quiver, twitch, jerk, flash’
अहस्तासःhandless (ones)
अहस्तासः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-हस्त (प्रातिपदिक) ‘handless’
हस्तवन्तम्the one with hands
हस्तवन्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootहस्त-वत् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘having hands’
सहन्तेthey overpower/prevail over
सहन्ते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√सह् ‘to overpower, endure, prevail over’
दिव्याःheavenly/divine
दिव्याः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) < दिव् ‘heavenly, celestial’
अङ्गाराःembers
अङ्गाराः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्गार (प्रातिपदिक) ‘ember, live coal’
इरिणेon the barren ground
इरिणे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootइरिण (प्रातिपदिक) ‘desert, waste/level ground’
न्युप्ताःstrewn down, scattered
न्युप्ताः:
—
TypeParticiple
Rootनि-√उप्/√वप् (कृदन्त) ‘to strew, scatter, cast down’
शीताःcold
शीताः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootशीत (प्रातिपदिक) ‘cold’
सन्तःbeing
सन्तः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√अस् ‘to be’ (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
हृदयम्the heart
हृदयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहृदय (प्रातिपदिक) ‘heart’
निर्दहन्तिthey burn up/scorch
निर्दहन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootनिर्-√दह् ‘to burn up, scorch’
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