Rig Veda 10.72.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 72, Mantra 6
Sukta 10.72
Rishi: Bṛhaspati / Angirasa-tradition
Devata: Devāḥ collectively (as organizing powers in the waters)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यद्देवा अदः सलिले सुसंरब्धा अतिष्ठत । अत्रा वो नृत्यतामिव तीव्रो रेणुरपायत ॥
Transliteration
yád devā́ adáḥ salilé su-saṃrabdhā́ átiṣṭhata | átrā vo nṛ́tyatām iva tīvró réṇur apā́yata ||
Translation
Als die Götter dort auf den Wassern standen, gesammelt und fest entschlossen, da – wie beim Tanz des Ritus – wich euer scharfer Staub; die verhüllende Finsternis wurde abgestreift.
Word by Word
यत्when
यत्:
Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकारण) / सम्बन्धसूचक
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा यद्-सम्बन्धी अव्यय
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अदःthat (thing)
अदः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सलिलेin the water, in the flood
सलिले:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
सुसंरब्धाःwell-braced, firmly set
सुसंरब्धाः:
Kartā (देवाः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + सम्-√रभ् (रभँ ‘to seize, grasp’) → ‘संरब्ध’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
अतिष्ठतstood (over/above), took their stand
अतिष्ठत:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (ष्ठा) ‘to stand’ + अति-
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
वःfor you / your
वः:
Sampradāna (सम्बोधन/हित) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
नृत्यताम्let (them) dance
नृत्यताम्:
Kriyā (आज्ञा/विधि)
TypeVerb
Root√नृत् (नृतँ) ‘to dance’
इवas if, like
इव:
(उपमा-सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
तीव्रःsharp, violent
तीव्रः:
Kartā (रेणुः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootतीव्र (प्रातिपदिक)
रेणुःdust, (whirling) dust-cloud
रेणुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरेणु (प्रातिपदिक)
अपायतwent away, withdrew
अपायत:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√या (या ‘to go’) + अप-
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