Rig Veda 10.90.11: Mandala 10, Sukta 90, Mantra 11
Sukta 10.90
Rishi: Nārāyaṇa (traditional later attribution)
Devata: Puruṣa
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (traditional)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यत्पुरुषं व्यदधुः कतिधा व्यकल्पयन् । मुखं किमस्य कौ बाहू का ऊरू पादा उच्येते ॥
Transliteration
yát púruṣaṃ vy-àdadhuḥ katidhā́ vy-àkalpayan | múkhaṃ kím asya kaú bāhū́ kā́ ūrū́ pā́dā ucyete ||
Translation
Als sie den Puruṣa auseinanderlegten und ihn auf vielerlei Weise ordneten: Was wurde sein Mund? Was seine Arme? Was nennt man seine Schenkel, und was seine Füße?
Word by Word
यत्that/which
यत्:
कर्म (यत् पुरुṣम् = ‘that Puruṣa’ as object of व्यदधुः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द
पुरुषम्the Puruṣa (Cosmic Person)
पुरुषम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, asunder, in various ways
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
अदधुःthey placed/arranged/disposed
अदधुः:
क्रिया (यज्ञकर्तृभिः कृतम्)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु) + वि-
कतिhow many
कति:
—
TypeIndeclinable (numeral interrogative)
Rootकति (प्रश्न-संख्यावाचक)
धा-fold, in (so many) ways
धा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootधा (अव्यय-प्रत्ययः; -धा)
विvariously
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
अकल्पयन्they fashioned/arranged, they apportioned
अकल्पयन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootकॢप्/कल्प् (धातु) + वि-
मुखम्mouth, face
मुखम्:
प्रश्ने निर्दिष्टं (उच्येते इत्यस्य विषयः) / कर्म (किम् अस्य मुखम्?)
TypeNoun
Rootमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
किम्what?
किम्:
विशेषण-प्रश्नः (मुखम् इत्यस्य) / कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम)
अस्यof him/of it
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of him/its’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कौwhich two?
कौ:
प्रश्ने निर्दिष्टं (बाहू इत्यस्य) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः (नामनिर्देशः)
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम) → द्विवचन-रूपम्
बाहू(two) arms
बाहू:
विषयः (उच्येते— ‘the two arms are said/declared’)
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
काwhich?
का:
प्रश्ने निर्दिष्टं (ऊरू इत्यस्य) / विषयः
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम)
ऊरू(two) thighs
ऊरू:
विषयः (उच्येते)
TypeNoun
Rootऊरु (प्रातिपदिक)
पादाःfeet
पादाः:
विषयः (उच्येते)
TypeNoun
Rootपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
उच्येतेare said/are called
उच्येते:
क्रिया (कर्मणि: ‘are said/are called’)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु) — कर्मणि प्रयोगः
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