Rig Veda 10.73.9: Mandala 10, Sukta 73, Mantra 9
Sukta 10.73
Rishi: Likely Gaurivīti Śāktya (traditional Anukramaṇī attribution for RV 10.73; verify against specific śākhā lists)
Devata: Indra (with cosmological imagery of waters, earth, milk)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
चक्रं यदस्याप्स्वा निषत्तमुतो तदस्मै मध्विच्चच्छद्यात् । पृथिव्यामतिषितं यदूधः पयो गोष्वदधा ओषधीषु ॥
Transliteration
cakráṃ yád asyā́psv ā́ níṣattam utó tád asmai mádhv íc cacchadyāt | pṛthivyā́m átiṣitaṃ yád ū́dhaḥ páyo góṣv adadhā óṣadhīṣu ||
Translation
彼の輪（cakra）が水のうちに据えられるとき、その者のために、まことに蜜（madhu）をもって覆い守るべきである。乳房（ūdhaḥ）が大地の上に張り広げられ、引き伸ばされるとき、汝は乳（payaḥ）を牛らのうちに、また癒しの草木（oṣadhi）のうちに置いた。
Word by Word
चक्रम्wheel; disc
चक्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचक्र (प्रातिपदिक; √चक्र्/√कृ ‘to make’ > चक्र ‘wheel, disc’)
यत्which; that
यत्:
(सम्बन्ध/विशेषण-भाव)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him/it
अस्य:
(सम्बन्ध)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अप्सुin the waters
अप्सु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (स्त्री; ‘waters’)
आtowards; into
आ:
(क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
निषत्तम्having sat down; settled
निषत्तम्:
(विशेषण; चक्रम्/यत्)
TypeParticiple
Rootनि-√सद् (धातु ‘to sit’) → निषत्त (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त/PPP)
उतोand also; moreover
उतो:
(समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात ‘and, also, moreover’)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (of following verb) / (अनुवाद-सम्बन्ध)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मैto him
अस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मधुhoney; sweetness
मधु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed; just
इत्:
(निपात; अर्थ-प्रबलन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात; एव/नूनम्-भाव)
चच्छद्यात्should cover; should conceal
चच्छद्यात्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√छद् (धातु ‘to cover, conceal’) + reduplication (च-)
पृथिव्याम्on/in the earth
पृथिव्याम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
अतिषितम्sharpened; very keen
अतिषितम्:
(विशेषण; यत्/ऊधः)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootअति-√शि/√शाय्? (Vedic: ‘to sharpen/edge’; here ‘atīṣita’ = ‘very sharp/keen’) → अतिषित (कृदन्त, PPP/adj.)
यत्which; that
यत्:
(सम्बन्ध/विशेषण-भाव)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ऊधःudder
ऊधः:
Karma (of following verb) / (वाक्य-उद्देश्य)
TypeNoun
Rootऊधस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘udder’)
पयःmilk
पयः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपयस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘milk’)
गोषुamong the cows
गोषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
अदधाplaced; set
अदधा:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धातु ‘to place, put’)
ओषधीषुin the plants; among herbs
ओषधीषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
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