Rig Veda 10.145.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 145, Mantra 2
Sukta 10.145
Devata: Oṣadhi (Uttāna-parṇā as addressed plant-power)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत्तानपर्णे सुभगे देवजूते सहस्वति । सपत्नीं मे परा धम पतिं मे केवलं कुरु ॥
Transliteration
uttā́na-parṇe súbhage déva-jūte sáhasvati | sapátnīṃ me párā dhama pátim me kévalaṃ kuru ||
Translation
広葉なるものよ、幸いなるものよ、神々に駆り立てられし者よ、強き力よ。わが競い女（サパトニー）を遠く吹き払え。わが夫（パティ）を、ただひとり、まるごと我がものとなせ。
Word by Word
उत्ता॑नपर्णेO broad-/outspread-leaved (one)
उत्ता॑नपर्णे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootउत्तान-पर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) < उत्तान (उद्+तान ‘to stretch out’) + पर्ण
सुभ॑गेO fortunate/auspicious one
सुभ॑गे:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootसु-भग (प्रातिपदिक)
देव॑जूतेO god-impelled / urged by the gods
देव॑जूते:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootदेव-जूत (प्रातिपदिक) < देव + जूत ‘impelled/urged’ (PPP from √जु/जव् ‘to impel, speed’)
सह॑स्वतिO mighty one / possessing strength
सह॑स्वति:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootसहस्-वत् (प्रातिपदिक) < सहस् ‘strength, might’ + -वत्
स॒पत्नीम्the rival wife
स॒पत्नीम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootस-पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
मेmy
मे:
सम्बन्ध (genitival)
TypePronoun (enclitic)
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
पराaway, forth
परा:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/adverb)
Rootपरा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
धमdrive away
धम:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√धम् (धातु) ‘to blow, drive away’
पतिम्husband
पतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
मेmy
मे:
सम्बन्ध (genitival)
TypePronoun (enclitic)
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
केवलम्only, exclusively
केवलम्:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (used predicatively)
Rootकेवल (प्रातिपदिक)
कुरुmake (him)
कुरु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु) ‘to make, do’
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