Rig Veda 10.144.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 144, Mantra 4
Sukta 10.144
Devata: Śyena/Suparṇa motif (Soma/Light-bringing agency)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यं सुपर्णः परावतः श्येनस्य पुत्र आभरत् । शतचक्रं योऽह्यो वर्तनिः ॥
Transliteration
yaṃ súparṇaḥ parāvátaḥ śyenásya putrá ā́bharat | śatá-cakraṃ yó 'hyó vartaníḥ ||
Translation
Was der Schönbeflügelte aus der fernen Jenseitsweite herbeibrachte — der Sohn des Falken —, jene hundert-rädrige Macht: der Pfad, der die Schlangenkraft überholt.
Word by Word
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुपर्णःthe fair-winged (bird)
सुपर्णः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसुपर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) < सु- + पर्ण
परावतःfrom afar, from a distant region
परावतः:
अपादान
TypeNoun (ablatival) / Adjective
Rootपरावत् (प्रातिपदिक) < परा + वत्
श्येनस्यof the falcon
श्येनस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootश्येन (प्रातिपदिक)
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
कर्तृ (सुपर्णः इत्यस्य विशेषण/समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, hither
आ:
—
TypePreverb
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
अभरत्brought, bore
अभरत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भरणे)
शतचक्रम्the hundred-wheeled (one/thing)
शतचक्रम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootशतचक्र (प्रातिपदिक) < शत + चक्र
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धवाक्ये)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अह्यःthe serpent
अह्यः:
कर्तृ (यः इत्यस्य समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअहि (प्रातिपदिक)
वर्तनिःtrack, course, path
वर्तनिः:
कर्तृ/अधिकरण (वाक्यरचना-अनुसार: ‘as the track/way’)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्तनि (प्रातिपदिक) < √वृत्/√वर्त् (to turn) + नि
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