Rig Veda 1.116.13: Mandala 1, Sukta 116, Mantra 13
Sukta 1.116
Rishi: Kakṣīvant Dairghatamasa
Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अजोहवीन्नासत्या करा वां महे यामन्पुरुभुजा पुरंधिः । श्रुतं तच्छासुरिव वध्रिमत्या हिरण्यहस्तमश्विनावदत्तम् ॥
Transliteration
ájo havīn nāsatyā karā́ vāṃ mahé yā́man puru-bhujā púraṃdhiḥ | śrutáṃ tác chā́sur iva vadhri-matyā́ hiraṇya-hástam aśvināv adattam ||
Translation
プランディー（Purandhī）は大いなる旅路において両手を挙げ、ナーサティヤたち（Nāsatyas）よ、広く施す者よ、汝らを呼び求めた。そして聞こえ伝えられた――命令が従われるがごとく、汝らはヴァドリマティー（Vadhri-matī）に黄金の手を授け、行い形づくる力を回復させた。
Word by Word
अजःthe goat (Ajá, a person/being)
अजः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअज (प्रातिपदिक) / √अज् (गतौ) (निरुक्त-संबन्धः)
अहवीत्called/invoked
अहवीत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (आह्वाने)
नासत्याO Nāsatyas (Aśvins)
नासत्या:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootनासत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
करा(your) two hands
करा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर (प्रातिपदिक)
वाम्of you two / to you two
वाम्:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
महेin the great
महे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
यामन्course/going, journey, path
यामन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootयामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरुभुजाO wide-armed/many-helping (Aśvins)
पुरुभुजा:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु-भुज् (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास; प्रातिपदिक)
पुरंधिःPurandhi (a woman/personified bounty)
पुरंधिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपुरंधि (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रुतम्heard, well-known
श्रुतम्:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Root√श्रु (श्रवणे) → श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
शासुःof the ruler/commander
शासुः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun (agent/descriptor)
Root√शास् (अनुशासने) → शासु (कृदन्त/नामधातु-प्रातिपदिक; ‘शासु’ = शासक/शासिन्-सम्बद्धः)
इवlike, as
इव:
Upamā
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
असुरिवlike an Asura (lordly one)
असुरिव:
Upamā
TypeNoun + Indeclinable
Rootअसुर (प्रातिपदिक) + इव
वध्रिमत्याwith/through (the woman) Vadhri-matī
वध्रिमत्या:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootवध्रिमत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वध्रि’ = वन्ध्य/अन्ध/विकल इत्यादि व्याख्येयम्)
हिरण्यहस्तम्golden-handed (one)
हिरण्यहस्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्य-हस्त (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
अश्विनौthe two Aśvins
अश्विनौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अदत्तम्gave
अदत्तम्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√दा (दाने)
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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