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Rig Veda 10.27.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 27, Mantra 1

Sukta 10.27

Devata: Indra-like warrior power (speaker as a heroic deity/force; exact devatā unspecified here)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs verification)

असत्सु मे जरितः साभिवेगो यत्सुन्वते यजमानाय शिक्षम् । अनाशीर्दामहमस्मि प्रहन्ता सत्यध्वृतं वृजिनायन्तमाभुम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.27.1

asátsu me jaritar sá̄bhivegó yát sunvaté yájamānāya śíkṣam | anā́śīrdām ahám asmi prahantā́ satyádhvṛtaṃ vṛjināyántaṃ ābhúm ||

Unter den Unwahren, o Sänger, ist mein Ansturm schnell, wenn ich für den Opferherrn, der (Soma) presst, unterwiesen werde. Ich bin der Schläger des freudlosen Gebers; ich treffe den krumm Dahinschreitenden, der an falschem Gesetz wider die Wahrheit festhält.

असत्सुamong the non-existent / in troubles (lit. ‘in non-being’)
असत्सु:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअसत् (प्रा. < अस् ‘to be’ + निपात ‘a-’)
मेmy / of me
मे:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
जरितःO singer/praiser
जरितः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootजरितृ (√जॄ/जर् ‘to praise, sing’)
he
:
कर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootस (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अभिवेगःwith onset/impetuosity; rushing forth
अभिवेगः:
विशेषण-भाव (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी)
TypeNoun
Rootअभि-वेग (वेग ‘impulse, rush’)
यत्when/that which
यत्:
सम्बन्ध (यद्-तद्-सम्बन्ध)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद्
सुन्वतेto the Soma-presser
सुन्वते:
सम्प्रदान
TypeParticiple (present active)
Root√सु (सव्) ‘to press (Soma)’ → सुन्वत्
यजमानायto the sacrificer
यजमानाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootयजमान (√यज् ‘to sacrifice’)
शिक्षम्may I help / grant (aid)
शिक्षम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√शिक्ष् ‘to strengthen, help, instruct’
अनाशीर्दाम्not giving blessings / withholding boons
अनाशीर्दाम्:
विशेषण (अहम्-सम्बन्धी)
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi/agentive)
Rootअनाशीर्दा (a- + आशीस् ‘wish/blessing’ + √दा ‘to give’)
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
अस्मिam
अस्मि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अस् ‘to be’
प्रहन्ताa smiter, destroyer
प्रहन्ता:
प्रेडिकेट-कर्तृ (अहम्-सम्बन्धी)
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootप्र-हन्तृ (√हन् ‘to strike, slay’)
सत्यtrue
सत्य:
विशेषण (अध्वृतम्-सम्बन्धी)
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्य (सत् + य)
अध्वृतम्the untrue / the unstable (thing/person)
अध्वृतम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअध्वृत (a- + ध्वृत/धृत ‘supported/established’; here ‘unfixed, untrue’)
वृजिनायन्तम्doing wrong, acting crookedly
वृजिनायन्तम्:
विशेषण (आभुम्-सम्बन्धी)
TypeParticiple (present active)
Rootवृजिनायन्त् (denom./intensive from वृजिन ‘crookedness, sin, wrong’)
आभुम्the deceiver / cheat
आभुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootआभु (noun; ‘deceiver/cheat’, Vedic)

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