Rig Veda 8.46.33: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 33

Sukta 8.46

Rishi: Not determinable from excerpt.

Devata: A feminine power is foregrounded (possibly a symbolic figure within the hymn rather than an independent devatā); no explicit deity-name in this verse.

Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from single verse without scan.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अध स्या योषणा मही प्रतीची वशमश्व्यम् । अधिरुक्मा वि नीयते ॥

Transliteration

adha syā́ yóṣaṇā mahī́ pratī́cī váśam aśvyám | adhírukmā ví nīyate ||

Translation

Then that mighty Woman-Power turns back toward us, bringing mastery over the steed-force; adorned with the golden light, she is led forth—an image of the soul guided into luminous sovereignty over its energies.

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• अध: then, now, moreover
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (अव्यय)

• स्या: this (she)
• स्या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: स (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• योषणा: young woman, maiden
• योषणा: Kartā (स्या के विशेषण/अप्पोज़िशन में)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• मही: great, mighty
• मही: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मह्/महत्’ से)

• प्रतीची: turned toward (us), facing, coming near
• प्रतीची: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीची (प्रातिपदिक; प्रति+अञ्च्)

• वशम्: control, sway, power
• वशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्व्यम्: horse(-like), pertaining to horses
• अश्व्यम्: Karma (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्व्य (प्रातिपदिक; अश्व ‘horse’ से)

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa (स्थानीय/अधिष्ठान सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• रुक्मा: golden ornament, gold
• रुक्मा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: forth, apart (prefix)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• नीयते: is led/borne, is carried
• नीयते: — (कर्मणि; कर्ता ‘रुक्मा’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु; √नी ‘to lead’)