Rig Veda 10.58.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 58, Mantra 7
Sukta 10.58
Devata: Apas & Oṣadhayaḥ as healing powers; functionally the recalling power of mind through life-forces
Chandas: अनुष्टुभ् (approx.)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यत्ते अपो यदोषधीर्मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे ॥
Transliteration
yát te apó yád oṣádhīr máno jagā́ma dūrákam | tát te ā́ vartayāmasīhá kṣáyāya jīváse ||
Translation
Was in dir — dein Geist — fernhin ging in die Wasser und in die Pflanzen, das wenden wir dir hier zurück, zum festen Wohnen und zum Leben.
Word by Word
यत्whatever / that which
यत्:
Karma (यद्-सम्बन्धेन ‘यत् … तत्’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द
तेof you / your
ते:
Sambandha (genitive possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अपःwaters
अपः:
Kartā (यद्-सम्बन्धेन ‘यत् … जगाम’)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
यत्whatever / that which
यत्:
Karma (यद्-सम्बन्धेन ‘यत् … जगाम’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ओषधीःplants, herbs
ओषधीः:
Karma (जगाम इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
मनःmind
मनः:
Kartā (जगाम इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
जगामhas gone / went
जगाम:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छति)
दूरकम्far away
दूरकम्:
Adhikaraṇa (गमनस्य देश/गन्तव्य-निर्देशः)
TypeAdjective (used adverbially)
Rootदूरक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दूर’ + क-प्रत्यय)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (आवर्तयामसि इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेto you / for you
ते:
Sampradāna (यस्यार्थे/यस्य प्रति)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आback, towards (hither)
आ:
— (क्रियाविशेषकः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
वर्तयामसिwe cause to return / we bring back
वर्तयामसि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√वृत्/√वर्त् (वर्तते/वर्तयति) + णिच् (causative)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
क्षयायfor home, for dwelling
क्षयाय:
Sampradāna / Prayojana (उद्देश्यः: ‘for dwelling/home’)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय (पुंलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘dwelling, home’)
जीवसेto live, for living
जीवसे:
Prayojana (उद्देश्यः)
TypeVerbal noun / Infinitive
Root√जीव् (जीवति) → जीवस्/जीवसे (वैदिके दातिवत् infinitive)
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