Rig Veda 1.84.14: Mandala 1, Sukta 84, Mantra 14

Sukta 1.84

Rishi: Gotama Rāhūgaṇa

Devata: Indra (narrative allusion within Indra hymn)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; shorter second line)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इच्छन्नश्वस्य यच्छिरः पर्वतेष्वपश्रितम् । तद्विदच्छर्यणावति ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.84.14

Transliteration

icchán aśvásya yác chíraḥ párvateṣv ápa-śritam | tád vidac charyāṇā́vati ||

Translation

Nach dem Haupt des Rosses suchend, das in den Bergen verborgen lag, erkannte er es, fand er es bei Śaryāṇāvat – und gewann die verlorene Macht der schnellen Bewegung zurück.

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Word by Word

• इच्छन्: seeking, desiring
• इच्छन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: इष् (इच्छ-)

• अश्वस्य: of the horse
• अश्वस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्

• पर्वतेषु: in/on the mountains
• पर्वतेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत

• अपश्रितम्: resting upon, lodged on
• अपश्रितम्: Karma (as qualifier of the object)
• Type: Verb (past participle)
• Root: अप-श्रि (श्रि/श्रय्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद्

• विदत्: found, discovered
• विदत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्

• शर्यणावति: at/ in Śaryāṇāvat (place-name)
• शर्यणावति: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (proper/place) / Adjective used adverbially
• Root: शर्यणावत् (स्थाननाम/विशेषण)