Rig Veda 10.33.9: Mandala 10, Sukta 33, Mantra 9
Sukta 10.33
Rishi: Upamaśravas (hymn voice)
Devata: Indra (hymn frame) / Devāḥ collectively (explicit devānām vratam)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न देवानामति व्रतं शतात्मा चन जीवति । तथा युजा वि वावृते ॥
Transliteration
ná devā́nām áti vratáṃ śatā́tmā caná jī́vati | táthā yujā́ ví vāvṛte ||
Translation
Nicht lebt—selbst mit hundert Selbsten—wer das Gelübde (vratá) der Götter überschreitet; nur in rechter Verbindung, im rechten Joch, weitet er sich aus zum wahren Werden.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अतिbeyond, over
अति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति
व्रतम्vow, ordinance, fixed law
व्रतम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
शतात्मा(even) one of a hundred lives / having a hundred selves (i.e., very long-lived)
शतात्मा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootशत + आत्मन् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
चनeven
चन:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच + न (निपात-समुच्चय)
जीवतिlives
जीवति:
कर्तृ-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√जीव्
तथाthus, so
तथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
युजाwith a yoke; with a yoked companion/means
युजा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootयुज् (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधार: युज् ‘yoke, join’)
विapart, forth
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि
वावृतेturns away/rolls apart; separates, departs
वावृते:
कर्तृ-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृत् (with reduplication: वावृत्) + वि
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