Mantra 4
Sukta 7.56
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (presumptive)
Devata: Maruts (with Pṛśni as their mother-principle)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (to be verified)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एतानि धीरो निण्या चिकेत पृश्निर्यदूधो मही जभार ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
ए॒तानि॒ धीरो॑ नि॒ण्या चि॑केत॒ पृश्नि॒र्यदूधो॑ म॒ही ज॒भार॑ ॥
Transliteration
etā́ni dhī́ro niṇyā́ ciketa pṛ́śnir yád ū́dho mahī́ jabhā́ra ||
Translation
These things the steadfast seer perceives in the hidden places: when Pṛśni, the vast Mother, bore the udder (the nurturing source).
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
ए॒तानि॑ । धीरः॑ । नि॒ण्या । चि॒के॒त॒ । पृश्निः॑ । यत् । ऊधः॑ । म॒ही । ज॒भार॑ ॥एतानि । धीरः । निण्या । चिकेत । पृश्निः । यत् । ऊधः । मही । जभार ॥etāni | dhīraḥ | niṇyā | ciketa | pṛśniḥ | yat | ūdhaḥ | mahī | jabhāra
Word by Word
एतानिthese (things)
एतानि:
Karma (object of ‘चिकेत’)
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धीरोthe wise one, the seer
धीरो:
Kartā (subject of ‘चिकेत’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun
Rootधीर (प्रातिपदिक; < धि ‘thought’ + र) अथवा धीर (विशेषण)
निण्याthe hidden (thing), the secret
निण्या:
Karma (object/complement with ‘चिकेत’)
TypeAdjective (used as noun) / Noun
Rootनिण्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hidden, secret’)
चिकेतhas perceived/understood
चिकेत:
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TypeVerb
Root√चित् (चिती/चेतति ‘to perceive, notice, understand’)
पृश्निःPṛśni (the speckled cow)
पृश्निः:
Kartā (subject of ‘जभार’)
TypeNoun (proper/common)
Rootपृश्नि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘speckled one’; also name of a cow)
यत्which/that (which)
यत्:
Karma (object of ‘जभार’)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (संबन्ध/यत्-तत् सर्वनाम)
ऊधःudder
ऊधः:
Karma (object of ‘जभार’)
TypeNoun
Rootऊधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
महीgreat, mighty
मही:
Kartā (as qualifier of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootमही (प्रातिपदिक; ‘great, mighty’)
जभारhas borne/brought
जभार:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भरति ‘to bear, carry, bring’)