Rig Veda 7.56.11: Mandala 7, Sukta 56, Mantra 11
Sukta 7.56
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Marutaḥ
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स्वायुधास इष्मिणः सुनिष्का उत स्वयं तन्वः शुम्भमानाः ॥
Transliteration
svāyudhā́sa iṣmíṇaḥ suníṣkā utá svayáṃ tanváḥ śúmbhamānāḥ ||
Translation
مُتسلّحين بأسلحتهم هم أنفسهم، مندفعين اندفاعًا، مُحَلَّين بحُليٍّ ذهبية حسنة؛ وهم بأنفسهم يُزيّنون أبدانهم.
Word by Word
स्वायुधासः(they) having their own weapons / self-armed
स्वायुधासः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootस्व-आयुध (प्रातिपदिक) < आयुध (√युध् ‘युध्’ = to fight; ‘weapon’) with स्व- ‘own’
इष्मिणःarrow-bearers / armed with missiles
इष्मिणः:
Kartā (in apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootइष्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘arrow/shaft, missile’
सुनिष्काःwell-ornamented (with niṣkas)
सुनिष्काः:
Kartā (in apposition)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-निष्क (प्रातिपदिक) ‘having good niṣka-ornaments; well-adorned’
उतand / also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
स्वयम्by themselves / of themselves
स्वयम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम्
तन्वःtheir bodies / persons
तन्वः:
Kartā (in apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (प्रातिपदिक) ‘body, person’
शुम्भमानाःadorning themselves / shining
शुम्भमानाः:
Kartā
TypeVerb-derived adjective (present middle participle)
Root√शुभ् (शुम्भते) ‘to shine, adorn oneself’
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