Rig Veda 10.75.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 75, Mantra 1
Sukta 10.75
Devata: Āpas (Waters), with special focus on Sindhu; Vivasvat as luminous seat-context
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र सु व आपो महिमानमुत्तमं कारुर्वोचाति सदने विवस्वतः । प्र सप्तसप्त त्रेधा हि चक्रमुः प्र सृत्वरीणामति सिन्धुरोजसा ॥
Transliteration
prá su va ā́po mahimā́nam ut-tamáṃ kā́rur vocāti sádane vivásvataḥ | prá sapta-sapta tredhā́ hí cakramuḥ prá sṛ́tvarīṇām áti síndhur ójasā ||
Translation
われは今、ヴィヴァスヴァト（Vivasvat）の住まいにおいて、汝ら水よ、その至高の偉大を宣べ告げる。七と七とは三重の秩序に従って巡り動き、しかしてシンドゥ（Sindhu）はその力によって、速く流れる諸流れを凌駕する——意識ある力の、万流を圧する奔流。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
सुwell, excellently
सु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु (upasarga/avyaya)
वःof you (your)
वः:
सम्बन्ध (possessive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
आपःwaters
आपः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootआप् (प्रातिपदिक: आपः)
महिमानम्greatness, majesty
महिमानम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमहिमन् (from महि-)
उत्तमम्highest, supreme
उत्तमम्:
कर्म (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (superlative of उद्/उत् + तम)
कारुःpoet, singer
कारुः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकारु (prātipadika)
वोचातिspeaks, proclaims
वोचाति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
सदनेin the seat/abode
सदने:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootसदन (from √सद् ‘sit’ > ‘seat, abode’)
विवस्वतःof Vivasvat (the Sun)
विवस्वतः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootविवस्वत् (proper name/epithet)
प्रforth
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
सप्तसप्तseven and seven (i.e., in two sevens)
सप्तसप्त:
कर्तृ (with चक्रमुः)
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्त (numeral)
त्रेधाin three ways, threefold
त्रेधा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootत्रिधा (from त्रि + धा)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
चक्रमुःthey strode/advanced
चक्रमुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootक्रम्
प्रforth
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
सृत्वरीणाम्of the swift-flowing (streams)
सृत्वरीणाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसृत्वरी (prātipadika; ‘swift-flowing’)
अतिbeyond, over
अति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (upasarga/avyaya)
सिन्धुःSindhu (the river), the River
सिन्धुः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (prātipadika)
ओजसाwith strength, by might
ओजसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (prātipadika)
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