Rig Veda 10.97.9: Mandala 10, Sukta 97, Mantra 9
Sukta 10.97
Rishi: Unknown/collective.
Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ as expelling powers (niḥkṛtīḥ).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इष्कृतिर्नाम वो माताथो यूयं स्थ निष्कृतीः । सीराः पतत्रिणीः स्थन यदामयति निष्कृथ ॥
Transliteration
íṣkṛtir nā́ma vo mātā́tho yūyáṁ stha níṣkṛtīḥ | sīrā́ḥ patatríṇīḥ sthana yád ā́mayati níṣkṛtha ||
Translation
इस्कृति नाम की तुम्हारी माँ है और तुम निष्कृति हो, मतलब छुड़ाने वाली ताकतें। तेज़ उड़ के जाओ। जब कोई बीमारी आए, उसे बाहर निकाल के फेंक दो।
Word by Word
इष्कृतिः(your) name is ‘Iṣkṛti’ (a healing/curative name)
इष्कृतिः:
Kartā (नाम-रूपेण विषयः/उद्देश्यः)
TypeNoun
Rootइष्कृति- (प्रातिपदिक; इष्/इष्क्- ‘to set in motion/impel’ > ‘impulse, remedy’ as name)
नामname
नाम:
Kartā/Predicate-nominative (नामवाचक-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्-
वःof you; your
वः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive: ‘of you/your’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्-
माताmother
माता:
Kartā (उपमान/सम्बोधन-भावे)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ-
अथोand then; moreover
अथो:
सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-संयोजक
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथो (अथ + उ) अव्यय
यूयम्you (pl.)
यूयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्-
स्थare
स्थ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु) / ‘to be’
निष्कृतीःremedies; deliverances
निष्कृतीः:
Kartā/Predicate-nominative (यूयं स्थ …)
TypeNoun
Rootनिष्कृति- (प्रातिपदिक; नि: + √कृ ‘to do/make’ > ‘remedy, deliverance’)
सीराःstreams/veins (channels)
सीराः:
Kartā (द्वितीय-वाक्ये विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootसीरा-
पतत्रिणीःwinged (swift-moving)
पतत्रिणीः:
विशेषण/सम्बन्धः (सीराः …)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपतत्रिणी- (पतत्रिन्- ‘winged’ > स्त्री. ‘winged (ones)’)
स्थare
स्थ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
नnot
न:
सम्बन्ध (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध) अव्यय
यदाwhen
यदा:
अधिकारण-सम्बन्ध (काल-सम्बन्धः: ‘when’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा (सम्बन्ध-अव्यय)
आमयतिafflicts; makes ill
आमयति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अम्/आम् (आमय- ‘to make ill, afflict’)
निष्कृथNiskṛth (harm/illness; a malady-personification)
निष्कृथ:
Kartā (आमयति इति क्रियायाः कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनिष्कृथ- (प्रातिपदिक; नि: + √कृथ/√कृ ‘to hurt/cut off’ > ‘harm, injury’ as a demon/illness-name)
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