Rig Veda 1.190.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 190, Mantra 4
Sukta 1.190
Devata: Bṛhaspati
Chandas: Jagatī or Triṣṭubh (uncertain here; not recomputed and the transmitted line-length suggests possible Jagatī tendencies)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अस्य श्लोको दिवीयते पृथिव्यामत्यो न यंसद्यक्षभृद्विचेताः । मृगाणां न हेतयो यन्ति चेमा बृहस्पतेरहिमायाँ अभि द्यून् ॥
Transliteration
asyá ślóko divī́yate pṛthivyā́m átyo na yaṃsad yákṣa-bhṛ́d ví-cetāḥ | mṛgā́ṇāṃ na hetáyo yánti cemā́ bṛ́haspáter áhi-māyāṃ abhí dyū́n ||
Translation
この聖歌は天にも地にも巡りゆく。力を担い、識別する者はそれを疾駆する馬のように駆り立てる。彼のこれらの突きは野獣の投げ矢のように放たれ、蛇の欺き——その曲がった魔術に曇らされた日々へと向かう。
Word by Word
अस्यof this
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्य (षष्ठी)
श्लोकःhymn/verse
श्लोकः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootश्लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
दिवीयतेshines/is made manifest
दिवीयते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootदिव् (द्युतौ/दीप्तौ) धातु; (दिवीयते = दिवि-ईयते, denominative/causative-like Vedic formation)
पृथिव्याम्on earth
पृथिव्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
अत्यःa steed
अत्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअत्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘steed’)
नlike
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
यम्whom/which
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → यम् (द्वितीया)
सद्reaches/attains
सद्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootसद् (सीद्/सद् ‘to sit, settle; to reach’) धातु; Vedic injunctive/aorist-like form
यक्षभृत्bearer of worship/rites
यक्षभृत्:
कर्तृ (apposition to subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयक्षन् (यक्ष ‘worship/holy rite’) + भृत् (भृ ‘to bear’) (समास)
विचेताःthe discerning one
विचेताः:
कर्तृ (apposition)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootवि + चेतस्/चेत (√चित् ‘to perceive’) (प्रातिपदिक: विचेतस्)
मृगाणाम्of wild beasts
मृगाणाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootमृग (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
हेतयःmissiles/impulses
हेतयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootहेति (प्रातिपदिक)
यन्तिgo/advance
यन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootया (गत्यर्थ) धातु
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
इमाthese
इमा:
कर्तृ (with हेतयः; ‘these’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → इमा
बृहस्पतेःof Bṛhaspati
बृहस्पतेः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootबृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
अहिमायाःof the serpent’s power/illusion
अहिमायाः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootअहि-माया (समास; माया ‘power/illusion’)
अभिtowards/against
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
द्यून्days / bright heavens
द्यून्:
कर्म (goal of अभि/यन्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘day/sky’) → द्यून्
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