Mantra 58
Rishi: Vājasaneyin transmission (Yājñavalkya lineage attribution)
Devata: Rudrāḥ (arboreal forms)
Chandas: Yajus-formula
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ये वृ॒क्षेषु॑ श॒ष्पिञ्ज॑रा॒ नील॑ग्रीवा॒ विलो॑हिताः । तेषा॑ᳪ सहस्रयोज॒नेऽव॒ धन्वा॑नि तन्मसि
Transliteration
yé vṛkṣéṣu śaṣpíñjarā nī́lagrīvā vilóhitāḥ | téṣāṃ sahasrayojané’vá dhánvāni tánmasi
Translation
Die, welche in den Bäumen sind — die Fahlbraunen, die Blauhalsigen, die Rötlichen: in tausend Yojanas von hier lege ihre Bogen nieder.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
ये । वृ॒क्षेषु॑ । श॒ष्पिञ्ज॑राः । नील॑-ग्रीवाः । वि-लो॑हिताः । तेषा॑म् । स॒हस्र-यो॒ज॒ने । अव॒ । धन्वा॑नि । तत् । म॒सि ।
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
वृक्षेषुin/among the trees
वृक्षेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
शष्पिञ्जराःyellowish-brown (grass/leaf-colored)
शष्पिञ्जराः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootशष्पिञ्जर (प्रातिपदिक)
नीलग्रीवाःblue-necked
नीलग्रीवाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootनीलग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
विलोहिताःreddish
विलोहिताः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootविलोहित (प्रातिपदिक)
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रयोजनेat a distance of a thousand yojanas
सहस्रयोजने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootसहस्रयोजन (प्रातिपदिक; समासः: सहस्र + योजन)
अवdown, away (as a preverb/particle)
अव:
Upasarga/Directional
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (उपसर्ग/निपात)
धन्वानिwildernesses/deserts (waste tracts)
धन्वानि:
Karma (object, with implied verb)
TypeNoun
Rootधन्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मसिyou measure / mete out
मसि:
Kriyā (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootमस् (धातु; ‘to measure/mete out’ in Vedic usage)
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Rudrāḥ (arboreal forms)R
Rudra (as wielder of the bow)Ritual Context
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