Rig Veda 8.74.13: Mandala 8, Sukta 74, Mantra 13
Sukta 8.74
Rishi: Unknown/uncertain (voice is first-person; may be poet within the collection).
Devata: Indeterminate/mixed imagery; adjacent verses address Agni, but this verse shifts to the poet’s action and a soaring/streaming power (possibly Soma/Agni in an innerized reading).
Chandas: Likely Jagatī or Triṣṭubh-like length (longer pādas; requires metrical verification).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अहं हुवान आर्क्षे श्रुतर्वणि मदच्युति । शर्धांसीव स्तुकाविनां मृक्षा शीर्षा चतुर्णाम् ॥
Transliteration
aháṃ huvānā́ ārkṣe śrutárvaṇi madá-cyuti | śárdhāṃsīva stukāvinā́ṃ mṛkṣā́ śī́rṣā caturṇā́m ||
Translation
Yo, invocando en el amplio vuelo del Águila, en el ímpetu audible que suelta el deleite, quebranto las resistencias apiñadas — como al aplastar las cabezas de las fuerzas cuádruples que cierran el paso.
Word by Word
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हुवानःcalling, invoking
हुवानः:
कर्तृ (अहम्-विशेषणम्)
TypeVerb-participle
Root√ह्वा (ह्वयति) + क्त्वान/शानच् (वेदिक: शानच्)
आर्क्षेin/at the Ārkṣa (place/lineage); to the Ārkṣa one (contextual epithet)
आर्क्षे:
अधिकरण (यत्र/यस्मिन्)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootआर्क्ष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ऋक्ष/आर्क्ष’ सम्बन्धि)
श्रुतर्वणिin/at Śrutarvaṇi (name/epithet)
श्रुतर्वणि:
अधिकरण (आह्वान-सम्बन्धः)
TypeProper noun / epithet
Rootश्रुतर्वणि (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समासः: श्रुत + अर्वणि)
मदच्युतिःMadacyuti (name/‘he whose intoxication/rapture flows/falls’)
मदच्युतिः:
कर्तृ/सम्बोधन-सम्बन्धः (स्तुत्य-देव/व्यक्ति-विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमदच्युति (प्रातिपदिक; समासः: मद + च्युति)
शर्धांसिhosts, troops, bands
शर्धांसि:
कर्म (स्तु-क्रियायाः विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootशर्धस् (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
(उपमान-सूचकः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
स्तुकाविनाम्of the hymn-singers/chanters
स्तुकाविनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootस्तुकाविन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्तुक’ + विन्)
मृक्षाa bear (or bear-like creature)
मृक्षा:
कर्तृ/उपमेय (उपमा-वाक्ये)
TypeNoun
Rootमृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; वेदिक-रूपम्)
शीर्षाheads
शीर्षा:
कर्म/सम्बन्ध (उपमा-निर्देशः)
TypeNoun
Rootशीर्षन् (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
(समुच्चयः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
चतुर्णाम्of four
चतुर्णाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNumeral
Rootचतुर् (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
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