Rig Veda 7.59.7: Mandala 7, Sukta 59, Mantra 7
Sukta 7.59
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सस्वश्चिद्धि तन्वः शुम्भमाना आ हंसासो नीलपृष्ठा अपप्तन् । विश्वं शर्धो अभितो मा नि षेद नरो न रण्वाः सवने मदन्तः ॥
Transliteration
sasváś cid dhí tanváḥ śúmbhamānā ā́ haṃsā́so nī́la-pṛṣṭhā apaptan | víśvaṃ śárdho abhíto mā́ ní ṣeda náro ná raṇvā́ḥ sávane mádantaḥ ||
Translation
حتى إن أجسادَهم، وهي تتزيّن بذاتها، قد طارت إلى هنا—كالبجعِ ذي الظهورِ الزرقاءِ الداكنة. فليستقرّ الجمعُ كلُّه من حولي؛ كرجالٍ أبطالٍ، يمرحون، سكارى بالبهجة عند العصر.
Word by Word
सस्वःone’s own; self’s
सस्वः:
Kartā (with implied verb ‘अपप्तन्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootसस्वस्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्व’/‘स्वस्’ = own, self; Vedic form)
चित्indeed; even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय; emphatic particle)
हिfor; indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय; causal/emphatic)
तन्वःof the body; of the person
तन्वः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतनू- (स्त्री; ‘body, person’)
शुम्भमानाःadorning themselves; shining
शुम्भमानाः:
Kartā (qualifying the flying ones)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootशुभ् (धातु) → शुम्भमान- (वर्तमान कृदन्त, आत्मनेपद)
आtowards; hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
हंसासःswans; geese
हंसासः:
Kartā (of ‘अपप्तन्’)
TypeNoun
Rootहंस- (पुं; ‘swan/goose’)
नीलपृष्ठाःblue-backed
नीलपृष्ठाः:
Kartā (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootनील-पृष्ठ- (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय; ‘blue-backed’)
अपप्तन्they flew; they darted
अपप्तन्:
Kriyā (main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु) + अप (उपसर्ग) → अप-√पत्
विश्वम्all; the whole (mass)
विश्वम्:
Karma (object of ‘नि षेद’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व- (सर्व/विशेषण ‘all’)
शर्धःhost; troop
शर्धः:
Karma (in apposition to विश्वम्)
TypeNoun
Rootशर्धस्- (नपुं; ‘troop, host’)
अभितःaround; on all sides
अभितः:
Adhikaraṇa (circumstantial: ‘around’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभितः (अव्यय)
माme
मा:
Karma (object with ‘अभितः’ / of surrounding)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम) → मा (enclitic acc.)
निdown; in; into
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
षेदlet it settle/sit
षेद:
Kriyā (injunctive/imperative: ‘let … sit/settle’)
TypeVerb
Rootसद् (धातु) + नि (उपसर्ग) → नि-√सद्
नरःmen; heroes
नरः:
Kartā (of participle ‘मदन्तः’)
TypeNoun
Rootनर- (पुं; ‘man, hero’)
नlike; as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय; comparative ‘like’)
रण्वाःdelightful; gladdening
रण्वाः:
Kartā (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootरण्व- (विशेषण; ‘delighting, pleasant, gladdening’)
सवनेin the Soma-pressing; at the rite
सवने:
Adhikaraṇa (locus: ‘at/in the pressing’)
TypeNoun
Rootसवन- (नपुं; ‘pressing, Soma-pressing, rite’)
मदन्तःrejoicing; exhilarated
मदन्तः:
Kartā (describing नरः)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootमद् (धातु) → मदन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
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