Rig Veda 1.126.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 126, Mantra 6
Sukta 1.126
Rishi: Kakṣīvān Dairghatamasa
Devata: Dānastuti (personal/tribal gift episode; Yādurī among Yāśus)
Chandas: Jagatī/Gāyatrī-like shorter meter segment (uncertain; this verse is metrically distinct within the hymn)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आगधिता परिगधिता या कशीकेव जङ्गहे । ददाति मह्यं यादुरी याशूनां भोज्या शता ॥
Transliteration
ā́gadhitā párigadhitā yā kaśīkéva jáṅgahe | dádāti máhyaṃ yā́durī yāśū́nāṃ bhojyā́ śatā́ ||
Translation
यह तो पकड़ में आ गई, पूरी तरह से भी। जैसे कोई नचने वाली तेज़ चल रही हो, वैसे ही है। यादुरी नाम की औरत ने मुझे दिया। यशु लोगों में से सौ चीज़ें मिली, सौ खाने की चीज़ें।
Word by Word
आगधिताbound/fastened (as a woman)
आगधिता:
विशेषणम् (कर्तृ/कर्म-सम्बन्धे)
TypeAdjective (f.)
Rootआ-गधि (prātipadika; from √गध्/गन्ध् ‘to bind/fasten’, Vedic)
परिगधिताbound all around; tightly bound
परिगधिता:
विशेषणम् (पूर्वपदस्य पुनर्विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (f.)
Rootपरि-गधि (prātipadika; from √गध्/गन्ध्, Vedic)
याwho (she who)
या:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धवाक्ये)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
कशीकाa Kāśī-woman; Kāśikā
कशीका:
विशेषणम् (या इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun (proper/ethnic) used adjectivally
Rootकशीकā (prātipadika; ‘woman of Kāśī / Kāśikā’, Vedic ethnonym/demonym)
इवlike; as
इव:
उपमान-सम्बन्धः
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
जङ्गहेshe moves/strides about
जङ्गहे:
क्रिया (कर्तृ-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जङ्घ्/जङ्ग् (Vedic; ‘to go/stride, move about’; reduplicated present)
ददाति(she) gives
ददाति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√दा (दाने)
मह्यम्to me
मह्यम्:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (asmad-pronoun)
यादुरीthe sorceress / the Yādūrī
यादुरी:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः (ददाति इत्यस्य कर्तृवाचक-सम्बन्धे)
TypeNoun (f.)
Rootयादुरी (prātipadika; Vedic, ‘sorcery/witchcraft’ or ‘Yādavī/witch-like woman’ depending on tradition)
याwho
या:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धवाक्ये)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
अशूनाम्of the swift ones / of the horses
अशूनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of …’)
TypeNoun (m.)
Rootअशु (prātipadika; ‘swift’, also ‘horse’ in Vedic usage)
भोज्याto be enjoyed/partaken; enjoyable
भोज्या:
विशेषणम् (या इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective (f.)
Rootभोज्य (from √भुज् ‘to enjoy/partake’; kṛdanta used as adjective)
शताhundreds
शता:
कर्म/परिमाण (ददाति इत्यस्य दान-वस्तु-परिमाणम्)
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootशत (numeral)
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