Rig Veda 10.58.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 58, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.58
Devata: Manas (recalled) with spatial-totality imagery
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यत्ते भूमिं चतुर्भृष्टिं मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे ॥
Transliteration
yát te bhū́miṃ catúr-bhṛṣṭiṃ mánó jagā́ma dūrákam | tát te ā́ vartayāmasīhá kṣayā́ya jīváse ||
Translation
Wenn dein Geist weit fortgegangen ist zur Erde mit den vier Himmelsgegenden, eben diesen Geist wenden wir dir hier zurück – zum festen Wohnen, zum Leben.
Word by Word
यत्when/that which
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यत् (सम्बन्ध-अव्यय)
तेof you/your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भूमिम्earth/ground
भूमिम्:
कर्म (object of ‘went’)
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि- (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
चतुःभृष्टिम्four-pointed/four-edged
चतुःभृष्टिम्:
कर्म (qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्- + भृष्टि- (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘भृष्टि’ = point/spearhead/edge; here as epithet)
मनःmind
मनः:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्- (नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
जगामwent/has gone
जगाम:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छति)
दूरकम्far away
दूरकम्:
अधिकारण/दिशा-निर्देश (goal/extent)
TypeAdjective (used adverbially)
Rootदूरक- (नपुंसकलिङ्ग/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘far away’)
तत्that
तत्:
कर्म (object: ‘that [mind/that which went]’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेto you/for you
ते:
सम्प्रदान (to you)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आback, towards (hither)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वर्तयामसिwe cause to turn/bring back
वर्तयामसि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृत्/√वर्त् (वर्तते/वर्तयति) – causative stem वर्तय-
इहhere
इह:
अधिकारण (location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
क्षयायfor a dwelling/home
क्षयाय:
सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन (for dwelling/abiding)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय- (पुंलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘dwelling, home, abiding’)
जीवसेfor life/to live
जीवसे:
प्रयोजन (for living)
TypeNoun (infinitival dative usage)
Rootजीवस्- (नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘life, living’) / √जीव् (to live) से-इन्फिनिटिव् परम्परा
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