Rig Veda 10.62.9: Mandala 10, Sukta 62, Mantra 9
Sukta 10.62
Rishi: Aṅgiras-tradition seers (hymn-context)
Devata: Dakṣiṇā (as power) / Indra-Agni context (implicit)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न तमश्नोति कश्चन दिव इव सान्वारभम् । सावर्ण्यस्य दक्षिणा वि सिन्धुरिव पप्रथे ॥
Transliteration
ná tám aśnoti káś caná divá iva sā́nū ārabhám | sāvarṇyásya dákṣiṇā ví síndhur iva paprathe ||
Translation
Nadie alcanza esa altura, como quien quisiera asir la cumbre del cielo; la dakṣiṇā, la fuerza‑don de Sāvarṇya, se ha extendido ampliamente como un río en crecida.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
तम्him/that (one)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अश्नोतिreaches/attains
अश्नोति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (अश्नुते/अश्नोति) धातु
कश्चनanyone (at all)
कश्चन:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootक (किम्-प्रातिपदिक) + चन (निपात)
दिवःof heaven/sky
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौः (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike/as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (उपमा-निपात)
सान्वाridge/slope (of a mountain)
सान्वा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसानु (प्रातिपदिक)
आरभम्support/hold; act of grasping/approach
आरभम्:
Karma (सान्वा… आरभम् = ‘ridge-approach/hold’ as object of comparison)
TypeNoun
Rootआ-रभ् धातु से निष्पन्न कृत्: आरम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
सावर्ण्यस्यof likeness/identity (sameness)
सावर्ण्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootसावर्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक; स-वर्ण ‘same color/likeness’)
दक्षिणाthe sacrificial fee/gift (dakṣiṇā)
दक्षिणा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart; forth; widely
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सिन्धुःriver; Sindhu
सिन्धुः:
Kartā (उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (उपमा-निपात)
पप्रथेhas spread/expanded
पप्रथे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-थॄ/थृ (वृद्धौ/विस्तारे) धातु
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