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Rig Veda 10.94.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 94, Mantra 5

Sukta 10.94

Devata: Grāvāṇaḥ / Soma-process with solar symbolism; indirectly Indra-Soma-Sūrya nexus
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)

सुपर्णा वाचमक्रतोप द्यव्याखरे कृष्णा इषिरा अनर्तिषुः । न्यङ्नि यन्त्युपरस्य निष्कृतं पुरू रेतो दधिरे सूर्यश्वितः ॥

suparṇā́ vā́cam akratópa dyávy ā́khare kṛ́ṣṇā iṣirā́ anartiṣuḥ | nyàṅ ní yanty úparasya niṣkṛ́taṃ purū́ réto dadhire sū́ryaśvitaḥ ||

صاغَ ذوو الأجنحةِ الحسنةُ (سُپَرْنَة) الكلمةَ المقدّسةَ (فَاتش/Vāc)؛ وفي تجويفِ السماءِ العُليا رقصَ السُّودُ السِّراعُ رقصًا رشيقًا. ثم يهبطون إلى موضعِ نحتِ الحيّزِ الأعلى؛ وقد أودعوا زرعًا غزيرًا—أولئك المتلألئون بقوّةِ سُوريا (الشمس).

सुपर्णाःthe fair-winged ones (birds)
सुपर्णाः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसु-पर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) < पर्ण
वाचम्speech, utterance
वाचम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
अक्रतthey made, they produced
अक्रत:
(क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
उपtowards, near
उप:
(सम्बन्ध/दिशा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप
द्यव्याheavenly (things/regions)
द्यव्या:
कर्म (अव्यय-उपपदेन सह) / अधिकरण-भाव
TypeAdjective
Rootद्यव्य (प्रातिपदिक) < दिव्/द्यौ
आखरेhe/it dug out, scraped out (Vedic)
आखरे:
(क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-खर (धातु/प्रातिपदिक-आधारित; ‘खर’ = खनन/खोदन/खरता; वेद. प्रयोगः)
कृष्णाःthe dark ones
कृष्णाः:
कर्तृ (अनर्तिषुः इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
इषिराःswift, vigorous
इषिराः:
कर्तृ (अनर्तिषुः इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootइषिर (प्रातिपदिक)
अनर्तिषुःthey danced, they moved in dance
अनर्तिषुः:
(क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Rootनृत् (धातु) with अनु-
निdown, in
नि:
(दिशा/प्रवृत्ति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि
अङ्indeed, just
अङ्:
(बल/निश्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअङ् (निपात; वेद. ‘अङ्/अङ्ग’ emphatic)
निdown
नि:
(दिशा/प्रवृत्ति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि
यन्तिthey go, they move
यन्ति:
(क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (धातु) / या (धातु) — वेद. गत्यर्थे
उपरस्यof the upper (one/region)
उपरस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootउपर (प्रातिपदिक)
निष्कृतम्that which is cut out/removed; the extracted portion
निष्कृतम्:
कर्म
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Rootनिष्-कृत (कृ धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
पुरुmuch, abundant
पुरु:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective/Indeclinable-like (quantifier)
Rootपुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
रेतःseed, semen; generative fluid
रेतः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
दधिरेthey placed, they deposited
दधिरे:
(क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
सूर्यश्वितःsun-bright, shining like the sun
सूर्यश्वितः:
कर्तृ (दधिरे इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootसूर्य-श्वित् (समास; श्वित् ‘white/bright’)

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