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Rig Veda 1.173.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 173, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.173

Devata: Indra (vṛṣā) in a sacrificial setting with Hotar and offerings
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अर्चद्वृषा वृषभिः स्वेदुहव्यैर्मृगो नाश्नो अति यज्जुगुर्यात् । प्र मन्दयुर्मनां गूर्त होता भरते मर्यो मिथुना यजत्रः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.173.2
Transliteration

árcad vṛ́ṣā vṛ́ṣabhíḥ svéd u-havyair mṛgó nā́śno áti yáj juguryā́t | prá mandayúr manā́ṁ gū́rta hótā bhárate máryo mithunā́ yájatraḥ ||

Translation

বৃষ (বীৰ্যবান)ক বৃষভিসকল—নিজ আনন্দেই হব্য যাঁহাদের—স্তৱ কৰে। মৃগৰ দৰে, জাগ্ৰত কৰিবলগীয়া সময়ত, সি ভোক্তাৰ ওপৰেদি অতিক্ৰম কৰে। প্ৰেৰণাপ্ৰাপ্ত, উৎসুক হোতা মনৰ ভাব আগবঢ়ায়; যুৱ যজমান পূজ্য, যুগল হব্য আগবঢ়ায়।

Word by Word
अर्चत्praised, sang
अर्चत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च् (स्तुतौ)
वृषाthe bull (mighty one)
वृषा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषभिःwith/through the bulls (strong ones)
वृषभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वेदुहव्यैःwith those whose oblation is ‘sweat-/self-pressed’ (i.e., with eager/ardent offerers)
स्वेदुहव्यैः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वेदुहव्य (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समासः)
मृगःa wild beast
मृगः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमृग (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
(सम्बन्ध/उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अश्नःof a stone (rock)
अश्नः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअश्न (प्रातिपदिक)
अतिover, beyond
अति:
(दिशा/अतिक्रमण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति
यत्which, that which
यत्:
(सम्बन्ध)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जुगुर्यात्should rush/press on, should hasten
जुगुर्यात्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगॄ/गुर् (उद्यमे/वेगे; वेदिक-रूप ‘जुगुर्’)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
(क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
मन्दयुःthe gladdener/joy-giver
मन्दयुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमन्दयु (प्रातिपदिक)
मनाम्the mind, thought
मनाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमना (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मनस्’ का वेदिक रूप)
गूर्तःpraised, celebrated
गूर्तः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगूर्त (प्रातिपदिक; √गॄ/गॢ ‘स्तुतौ/प्रशंसायाम्’ से कृत)
होताthe Hotṛ-priest
होता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक)
भरतेbears, brings
भरते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभृ (भरणे)
मर्यःthe young man, hero
मर्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
मिथुनाthe pair, the two together
मिथुना:
Karma
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootमिथुन (प्रातिपदिक)
यजत्रःworthy of worship
यजत्रः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयजत्र (प्रातिपदिक; √यज् से ‘यजनीय’)
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