Rig Veda 8.93.13: Mandala 8, Sukta 93, Mantra 13
Sukta 8.93
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वमेतदधारयः कृष्णासु रोहिणीषु च । परुष्णीषु रुशत्पयः ॥
Transliteration
tvám etád adhārayaḥ kṛ́ṣṇāsu róhiṇīṣu ca | pár uṣṇīṣu rúśat páyaḥ ||
Translation
Du hieltest diese leuchtende Milch, selbst unter den dunklen und den rötenden (Mächten) und in den rauen Strömungen; du bewahrst die lichtvolle Nahrung in gemischten Zuständen.
Word by Word
त्वम्thou (you)
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एतत्this (deed/thing)
एतत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अधारयःthou didst hold/support
अधारयः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधृ (धारणे)
कृष्णासुamong/in the dark (ones)
कृष्णासु:
अधिकरण
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootकृष्णा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘black/dark’)
रोहिणीषुamong/in the Rohiṇīs (red cows / ‘Rohiṇī’ beings)
रोहिणीषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootरोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
परुष्णीषुin/among the Paruṣṇīs (river Paruṣṇī and its streams)
परुष्णीषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun (river-name)
Rootपरुष्णी (प्रातिपदिक; नदी-नाम)
रुशत्bright, shining
रुशत्:
(कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootरुशत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘shining, bright’)
पयःmilk; (fig.) nourishing fluid
पयः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
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