Rig Veda 10.108.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 108, Mantra 2
Sukta 10.108
Devata: Indra (as sender) and Saramā (speaker); antagonists: Paṇis
Chandas: Jagatī/Triṣṭubh mixture (verification recommended)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इन्द्रस्य दूतीरिषिता चरामि मह इच्छन्ती पणयो निधीन्वः । अतिष्कदो भियसा तन्न आवत्तथा रसाया अतरं पयांसि ॥
Transliteration
índrasya dūtī́r iṣitā́ carāmi mahá icchántī paṇáyo nidhī́n vaḥ | atiṣkádó bhiyásā tán na ā́vat táthā rasā́yā ataraṃ páyāṃsi ||
Translation
「われはインドラ（Indra）の使者として、その命に駆られて行く。おまえたちパニ（Paṇi）が隠した大いなる宝蔵を求めて。恐れのうちにひと跳びしてそれに至り、かくしてラサー（Rasā）の水を渡った。」
Word by Word
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of Indra’
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र
दूतीः(as) messenger
दूतीः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदूती
इषिताsent, commissioned
इषिता:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (past passive participle)
Rootइष् (प्रेरणे) → इषित (PPP) / इषित-
चरामिI go / I move
चरामि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (गत्यर्थे/आचरणे)
मःme
मः:
कर्म (अत्र ‘इच्छन्ती’ इत्यस्य कर्मरूपेण)
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
इच्छन्तीdesiring
इच्छन्ती:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeParticiple (present active)
Rootइष् (इच्छायाम्) / इष्-धातोः desiderative?; प्रचलित धातु: इष्/इच्छ्
पणयःthe Paṇis (niggardly demons/hoarders)
पणयः:
कर्तृ (इच्छन्ति—अध्याहृतम्)
TypeNoun
Rootपणि
निधीन्treasures, hoards
निधीन्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनिधि
वःyour
वः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
अतिष्कदःhe/it leapt over, sprang across
अतिष्कदः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb (finite; Vedic aorist/preterite form used narratively)
Rootअति-√स्कन्द् (गत्यर्थे) → स्कद्/स्कन्द्; वैदिक रूप ‘अतिष्कद’
भियसाwith fear / out of fear
भियसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootभियस् (भय) / भी (भये) → भियस्
तत्that
तत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
नःfor us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
आवत्helped, favored
आवत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअव् (रक्षणे/अवने) उपसर्गः आ-
तथाthus, in that way
तथा:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
रसायाḥof/from the Rasa (river)
रसायाḥ:
अपादान/सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of/from Rasa (river)’
TypeNoun
Rootरसा
अतरम्I crossed
अतरम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootतॄ (तरणे)
पयांसिwaters, streams
पयांसि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपयस्
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