Rig Veda 8.33.18 — Mandala 8, Sukta 33, Mantra 18
Sukta 8.33
Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva (hymn attribution)
Devata: Indra (contextual, with vṛṣan epithet)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सप्ती चिद्घा मदच्युता मिथुना वहतो रथम् । एवेद्धूर्वृष्ण उत्तरा ॥
Transliteration
sáptī cid ghā mada-cyútā mithunā́ vahato rátham | evéd dhū́r vṛ́ṣṇa úttarā ||
Translation
સપ્તી પણ—મદચ્યુતા, ઉલ્લાસથી સરકતી હોવા છતાં—મિથુના જોડાઈ રથ વહે છે. એવાં જ ધૂર્વૃષ્ણની ઉત્તરા—મહાબળવાનની ઊંચી જોડણી—છે. બળ યોગ્ય રીતે જોડાય તો ગતિને ઉપર તરફ વહન કરે છે.
Word by Word
सप्तीthe mare / the (female) horse
सप्ती:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसप्ति- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सप्त’ से) अथवा सप्ति- ‘घोड़ा’
चित्even, indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय) < PIE *kʷid
घindeed (emphatic particle)
घ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ (निपात)
मदच्युताimpelled by exhilaration / stirred by intoxication
मदच्युता:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमद- + च्युत (√च्यु ‘to move, slip, fall’)
मिथुनाas a pair, coupled
मिथुना:
कर्तृ (द्विवचन कर्तृ-समुच्चय)
TypeAdjective
Rootमिथुन- (प्रातिपदिक)
वहतः(they) carry / convey
वहतः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (to carry, convey)
रथम्the chariot
रथम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरथ- (प्रातिपदिक)
एवjust so, indeed
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
इत्indeed, precisely
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्/इद् (निपात; वैदिक)
धूःthe pole/shaft (of the chariot), the yoke-beam
धूः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootधू- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘धुरी’/‘धुर्’ = yoke-pole/shaft; वैदिक रूप)
वृष्णःof the bull / of the vigorous one
वृष्णः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
उत्तराhigher, upper, further (the upper shaft/pole)
उत्तरा:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तर- (प्रातिपदिक)
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