Rig Veda 8.101.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 101, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.101
Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (probable for RV 8.101; exact seer not provided in input)
Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa (dual)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verification needed)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र यो वां मित्रावरुणाजिरो दूतो अद्रवत् । अयःशीर्षा मदेरघुः ॥
Transliteration
prá yó vā́m mitrā́varuṇā́jiro dūtó ádravat | áyaḥ-śīrṣā́ máder aghuḥ ||
Translation
إلى الأمام يَعدو رسولُكما السريع، يا مِترا وفَرونا؛ ذو رأسٍ من حديد، خفيفُ الحركة في النشوة (مَدَة). فلتَحملْ هذه الدَّفعةُ إرادتَنا إلى ناموسِ الحقّ (ṛta).
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-stem)
वाम्of you two / to you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)
मित्रावरुणाO Mitra and Varuṇa
मित्रावरुणा:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootमित्रावरुण (dvandva prātipadika: मित्र + वरुण)
अजिरःswift
अजिरः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअजिर (prātipadika)
दूतःmessenger
दूतः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदूत (prātipadika)
अद्रवत्ran, sped
अद्रवत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootद्रु (धातु) with preverb आ- → आ-द्रु
अयःशीर्षाiron-headed
अयःशीर्षा:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअयःशीर्षन् (tatpuruṣa prātipadika: अयस् + शीर्षन्)
मदेरघुःswift in exhilaration (in the intoxication/rapture)
मदेरघुः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootमदेरघु (prātipadika; compound: मदे + रघु)
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