Rig Veda 10.108.8 — Mandala 10, Sukta 108, Mantra 8
Sukta 10.108
Rishi: Aṅgirases / Navagvas (named seer-groups within the myth)
Devata: Soma (as inspirer) with Aṅgirasa/Bṛhaspati complex; cow-finding
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एह गमन्नृषयः सोमशिता अयास्यो अङ्गिरसो नवग्वाः । त एतमूर्वं वि भजन्त गोनामथैतद्वचः पणयो वमन्नित् ॥
Transliteration
éha gámann ṛ́ṣayaḥ sómaśitā ayā́syó áṅgiraso návagvāḥ | té etám ū́rvaṃ ví bhajanta gónām áthaítad vácaḥ paṇáyo vámann ít ||
Translation
Hierher kamen die Ṛṣis, vom Soma geschärft: Ayāsya, die Aṅgirases, die Navagvas. Sie spalteten diese Umhegung der Kühe; da spien die Paṇis, aus Trotz, dieses Wort aus.
Word by Word
एहhere; hither
एह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (deictic base) / इदम्-प्रयोग
गमन्(they) came
गमन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छति)
ऋषयःthe seers
ऋषयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमशिताःarmed/sharpened with Soma
सोमशिताः:
Kartā (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसोम-शित (समास; शित ‘sharpened/armed’ from √शि/श्यै ‘to sharpen’)
अयास्यःAyāsya
अयास्यः:
Kartā (in apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootअयास्य (प्रातिपदिक; proper name/epithet)
अङ्गिरसःthe Aṅgirases
अङ्गिरसः:
Kartā (in apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
नवग्वाःthe Navagvas
नवग्वाः:
Kartā (in apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootनवग्व (प्रातिपदिक; clan-name)
तेthey
ते:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
एतम्this
एतम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम)
ऊर्वम्enclosure/pen; (cave-like) stall
ऊर्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart; asunder; forth
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
भजन्तthey divide/open up
भजन्त:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भज् (भजति)
गोनाम्of the cows
गोनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
अथthen
अथ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (निपात)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम)
वचःspeech; utterance
वचः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पणयःthe Paṇis
पणयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपणि (प्रातिपदिक)
वमन्spitting out; vomiting forth
वमन्:
Kartā (qualifier)
TypeVerb
Root√वम् (वमति ‘to vomit/spit out’)
इत्indeed; just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद्/इत् (निपात, emphatic)
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