Rig Veda 2.11.8: Mandala 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 8

Sukta 2.11

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)

Devata: Indra (with Mothers/waters as associated powers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नि पर्वतः साद्यप्रयुच्छन्त्सं मातृभिर्वावशानो अक्रान् । दूरे पारे वाणीं वर्धयन्त इन्द्रेषितां धमनिं पप्रथन्नि ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 2.11.8

Transliteration

ní párvataḥ sā́di áprāyucchan sáṃ mātṛ́bhiḥ vāvaśā́nō akrān | dūrḗ pāré vā́ṇīṃ vardháyanta índrēṣitāṃ dhámaniṃ paprathán ní ||

Translation

La montagne s’assit, ne retenant plus; avec les Mères il s’avança, avide et poussé. Loin, sur l’autre rive lointaine, ils accrurent la Parole; poussés par Indra, ils déployèrent et affermirent le chenal du souffle/courant.

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Word by Word

• नि: down; forth; into (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga) / ni (avyaya)

• पर्वतः: the mountain
• पर्वतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (prātipadika)

• साद्य: immediately; at once
• साद्य: —
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial) / Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: साद्य (prātipadika; from √सद् ‘sit/settle’ with -य, ‘to be sat/settled’ > ‘immediately/at once’ in Vedic usage)

• अप्रयुच्छन्: they did not cease / did not hold back
• अप्रयुच्छन्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √युज्/युच्छ् (Vedic; ‘to hold back/stop/cease’) with privative a-

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (upasarga)

• मातृभिः: with (their) mothers
• मातृभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (prātipadika)

• वावशानः: eager; longing
• वावशानः: Kartā (of following verb)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √वश् (Vedic) / desiderative-intens. sense ‘to long for, be eager’ (kṛdanta)

• अक्रान्: he strode; he stepped
• अक्रान्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्रम् (to stride, step) with augment a-

• दूरे: far away
• दूरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: दूर (prātipadika)

• पारे: on the farther side; beyond
• पारे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार (prātipadika)

• वाणीम्: voice; speech
• वाणीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाणी (prātipadika)

• वर्धयन्तः: increasing; causing to grow
• वर्धयन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √वृध् (to grow, increase)

• इन्द्रेषिताम्: impelled by Indra
• इन्द्रेषिताम्: —
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Root: इन्द्र + √इष् (to impel) > इषित (ppp) (prātipadika)

• धमनिम्: channel; conduit; stream-course
• धमनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धमनि (prātipadika; ‘channel, conduit, vein/stream-bed’)

• पप्रथन्: they spread out; they extended
• पप्रथन्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्रथ् (to spread, extend)

• नि: down; forth; into
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga) / ni (avyaya)