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Mantra 6

Sukta 92

अव स्वराति गर्गरो गोधा परि सनिष्वणत्। पिङ्गा परि चनिष्कददिन्द्राय ब्रह्मोद्यतम्

áva svarāti gárgaro godhā́ pári saniṣvaṇat | píṅgā pári caniṣkadad índrāya bráhmódyatam ||

Downward there resoundeth the gargar; the iguana rang about on every side. The tawny one leapt round about, when for Indra the holy spell was uplifted.

अवdown, forth (as a preverb)
अव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय
स्वरातिsounds, resounds
स्वराति:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्वर् (स्वरति) अथवा √स्वृ/स्वर् (ध्वनौ)
गर्गरःthe ‘gargar’ (a gurgling/noisy creature; onomatopoetic name)
गर्गरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगर्गर (प्रातिपदिक; ध्वन्यनुकरण/नाम)
गोधाthe iguana / monitor-lizard
गोधा:
Kartā (समन्वित/अपि कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootगोधा (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround
परि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय
सनिष्वणत्rang out, made a reverberating sound
सनिष्वणत्:
Kriyā (अनुक्रमिक क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्वन् (ध्वनौ) + नि (उपसर्ग) ; सन्- (इच्छार्थक/आवृत्त्यर्थक) रूप
पिङ्गाthe tawny one (female; tawny creature)
पिङ्गा:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective (used substantively)
Rootपिङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘tawny, reddish-brown’)
परिaround
परि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय
चनिष्कदत्leaped about, sprang around
चनिष्कदत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√स्कन्द्/√स्कद् (गत्यर्थ/उत्प्लवने) with नि + (च-) वैदिक पुनरुक्ति/आवृत्त्यर्थक; ‘leaped about’
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मsacred utterance, prayer; brahman
ब्रह्म:
Karma (उद्यतम् इति विशेष्य) / or Kartā (context-dependent)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक)
उद्यम्raised up, set forth, prepared
उद्यम्:
विशेषण (ब्रह्मणः)
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootउद्-√यम् (उद्यम्/उद्यत) ‘raised, set in motion’ (कृदन्ताधार)

Rishi: RV-derived attribution (to be taken from RV Anukramaṇī for the source hymn).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī family in the RV source context; requires metrical verification for this pada-set.

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