Rig Veda 10.39.13: Mandala 10, Sukta 39, Mantra 13
Sukta 10.39
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Jagati (probable for many Aśvin hymns; exact metrical confirmation needed)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ता वर्तिर्यातं जयुषा वि पर्वतमपिन्वतं शयवे धेनुमश्विना । वृकस्य चिद्वर्तिकामन्तरास्याद्युवं शचीभिर्ग्रसिताममुञ्चतम् ॥
Transliteration
tā́ vartír yātaṃ jayúṣā ví párvatam ápinvataṃ śayáve dhénum aśvinā | vṛ́kasya cid vartikā́m ántarā́syād yuváṃ śácībhiḥ grasitā́m amuñcatam ||
Translation
汝らは勝利の道をもって来たりて山を裂き、シャユ（Śayu）のために豊饒の牝牛をふくらませ満たした、アシュヴィン双神よ。狼の口の内にあってさえ、汝らはその霊妙なる力（śacī）により、呑まれた鶉を解き放った。
Word by Word
ताःthose (two/these), they
ताः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वर्तिःthe course/track (path)
वर्तिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ति- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मार्ग/पथ/वृत्ति’)
यातम्go, proceed (you two)
यातम्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb (imperative) / verbal form
Rootया (धातु) / याता- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
जयुषाwith victory / by winning
जयुषा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootजयु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘विजय/जित’)
विapart, asunder, forth
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
पर्वतम्the mountain
पर्वतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत- (प्रातिपदिक)
अपिalso; moreover
अपि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
इन्वतम्you two set in motion / impelled
इन्वतम्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootइन्/इन्व् (धातु; ‘प्रेरणे/बलवर्धने’)
शयवेto Śayu (a person/recipient)
शयवे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootशयु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शयु/शयु-नाम’)
धेनुम्a cow
धेनुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु- (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्विनाO Aśvins (you two)
अश्विना:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootअश्विन्- (प्रातिपदिक; द्विवचन-देवता)
वृकस्यof the wolf
वृकस्य:
(सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootवृक- (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय/निपात)
वर्तिकाम्the quail (vartikā)
वर्तिकाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर्तिका- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वर्तिका/क्वेल’)
अन्तरास्यात्from within the mouth / from between the jaws
अन्तरास्यात्:
Apādāna
TypeCompound/indeclinable phrase
Rootअन्तर (अव्यय/उपसर्गीय) + आस्य (प्रातिपदिक ‘मुख’)
युवम्you two
युवम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शचीभिःwith (your) powers/skills
शचीभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशची- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शक्ति/कौशल/कर्म’)
ग्रसिताम्(her) who had been swallowed
ग्रसिताम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple
Rootग्रस् (धातु) → ग्रसित- (कृदन्त)
अमुञ्चतम्you two released, set free
अमुञ्चतम्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु; ‘मोचने’) + अ (अगम)
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