Rig Veda 6.27.7: Mandala 6, Sukta 27, Mantra 7
Sukta 6.27
Rishi: Bharadvāja (traditional)
Devata: Indra (with heroic-human names as narrative agents)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्य गावावरुषा सूयवस्यू अन्तरू षु चरतो रेरिहाणा । स सृञ्जयाय तुर्वशं परादाद्वृचीवतो दैववाताय शिक्षन् ॥
Transliteration
yásya gā́vā aruṣā́ suyavasyū antár ū ṣú cárato rérihāṇā | sá sṛ́ñjayāya turváśaṃ párā adād vṛcī́vato daivavātā́ya śíkṣan ||
Translation
जिसके पास दो गायें थी, लाल रंग की और अच्छा चारा खाने वाली, वो अंदर घूमती थी, बार-बार चाट-ती थी। उसने तुर्वश को सृंजय को दे दिया। दैववात को वृचीवंत के खिलाफ सीख दिया।
Word by Word
यस्यof whom/whose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गावःcows
गावः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
अवरुषाःunharmed, uninjured
अवरुषाः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअवरुष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘not injured/harmless, unharmed’)
सूयवस्युःseeking good pasture
सूयवस्युः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसू-यवस्-यु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘desiring good pasture/grass’)
अन्तरूwithin, in between
अन्तरू:
अधिकरण (स्थान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तर (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-स्वरूप; here as adverbial ‘within/in between’)
षुindeed, just (emphatic particle)
षु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootषु (निपात)
चरतःthey two move/roam
चरतः:
क्रिया (कर्तृ=गावः)
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (धातु)
रेरिहाणाlicking (as they roam)
रेरिहाणा:
कर्तृ (कर्तरि वर्तमान-क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootरिह् (धातु) with reduplication (रे-रिह्) + शानच्
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सृञ्जयायto Sṛñjaya
सृञ्जयाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeProper noun
Rootसृञ्जय (प्रातिपदिक; जन/राजन्-नाम)
तुर्वशम्Turvaśa
तुर्वशम्:
कर्म
TypeProper noun
Rootतुर्वश (प्रातिपदिक; जन/राजन्-नाम)
परादात्gave away, bestowed
परादात्:
क्रिया (कर्तृ=सः; कर्म=तुर्वशम्)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु) with preverb परा-
वृचीवतःof the Vṛcī-armed/weapon-bearing one
वृचीवतः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootवृचीवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘possessing the Vṛcī/weapon’, epithet)
दैववातायto Daivavāta
दैववाताय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeProper noun
Rootदैववात (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
शिक्षन्instructing, guiding
शिक्षन्:
कर्तृ (कर्तरि वर्तमान-क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootशिक्ष् (धातु)
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