Rig Veda 10.97.13: Mandala 10, Sukta 97, Mantra 13
Sukta 10.97
Rishi: Unknown/collective.
Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ (implied as expellers); addressed antagonist: Yakṣma; auxiliary: Vāta (wind) as carrier of expulsion.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
साकं यक्ष्म प्र पत चाषेण किकिदीविना । साकं वातस्य ध्राज्या साकं नश्य निहाकया ॥
Transliteration
sā́kaṁ yákṣma prá pata cā́ṣeṇa kikidī́vinā | sā́kaṁ vā́tasya dhrā́jyā sā́kaṁ naśya nihā́kayā ||
Translation
O Yakṣma, flieg fort, zugleich mit dem schwatzenden Unheilszeichen, zugleich mit dem stürmischen Stoß des Windes; zugleich verschwinde in der Nihākā — in der verneinenden Leere, aus der es keine Wiederkehr gibt.
Word by Word
साकम्together, along with
साकम्:
Adverbial (सहकार/साहचर्य)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाकम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *sem-? (सह/सम्-भाव) पारिभाषिक
यक्ष्मdisease, wasting sickness
यक्ष्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, away
प्र:
Verb-modifier
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग)
पतfly away!, fall away!
पत:
(आज्ञा) क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु) = पत्/पतति
चाषेणwith the chāṣa-bird (a bird used as expeller/omen)
चाषेण:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootचाष (प्रातिपदिक)
किकिदीविनाwith the kikidīvin-bird
किकिदीविना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootकिकिदीविन् (प्रातिपदिक; पक्षिनाम)
साकम्together
साकम्:
Adverbial (साहचर्य)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाकम् (अव्यय)
वातस्यof the wind
वातस्य:
Genitive-relation (सम्बन्ध) to ध्राज्या
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक)
ध्राज्याwith the rushing force/impulse (of wind)
ध्राज्या:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootध्राज्य (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic) < ध्राज्/ध्राजति? (तेज/वेग)
साकम्together
साकम्:
Adverbial (साहचर्य)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाकम् (अव्यय)
नश्यperish!, disappear!
नश्य:
(आज्ञा) क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (धातु) = नश्यति
निहाकयाwith the mist/fog (as with a covering)
निहाकया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनिहाक (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic) < निह्/निहाक- ‘mist, fog, darkness’
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