Mantra 17
Sukta 126
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
न सेशे यस्य रोमशं निषेदुषो विजृम्भते । सेदीशे यस्य रम्बतेऽन्तरा सक्थ्या३ कपृद् विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः
IAST Transliteration
ná séśe yásya rómaśaṃ niṣédúṣo vijṛ́mbhate | sédīśe yásya rámbate ’ntárā sákthyā́ kapṛ́d víśvasmā́d índra úttaraḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
He lieth not at ease whose shaggy one, when he is seated, stretches wide. He sitteth—whose member sports betwixt the thighs. Indra is higher than all.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
सेशेlies down / rests
सेशे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootशि (शे/शयने)
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
रोमशम्hairy, bristly
रोमशम्:
Karma (of the verb ‘सेशे’)
TypeAdjective
Rootरोमश
निषेदुषःof (him) who has sat down / settled
निषेदुषः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeParticiple
Rootनि-षद्
विजृम्भतेopens wide / gapes
विजृम्भते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवि-जृम्भ्
सेदीशेsits down / settles
सेदीशे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootसद् (सीद्)
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
रम्बतेmoves/restlessly stirs; (also) bleats
रम्बते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootरम्ब्
अन्तराbetween, in the middle
अन्तरा:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: ‘in between’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तर
सक्थ्याwith/between the two thighs
सक्थ्या:
Adhikaraṇa/ Karaṇa (between the two thighs)
TypeNoun
Rootसक्थि
कपृत्the penis (male member)
कपृत्:
Kartā (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootकपृत्
विश्वस्मात्from all (things), from everyone
विश्वस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā (subject, apposition)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र
उत्तरःhigher, superior
उत्तरः:
Predicate (of ‘इन्द्रः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तर
Attribution
Rishi: Indra-stuti tradition (uncertain r̥ṣi attribution)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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