Rig Veda 10.85.25: Mandala 10, Sukta 85, Mantra 25
Sukta 10.85
Rishi: RV 10.85 wedding sequence
Devata: Indra (increase, strength, victorious felicity)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (later wedding verses often trend shorter); exact metrical classification varies
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्रेतो मुञ्चामि नामुतः सुबद्धाममुतस्करम् । यथेयमिन्द्र मीढ्वः सुपुत्रा सुभगासति ॥
Transliteration
preto muñcāmi nāmutaḥ su-baddhām amutaḥ skaram | yatheyam indra mīḍhvaḥ suputrā subhagā asati ||
Translation
ここよりわれは彼女を解き放つ、かなたよりではない。ここに堅く結ばれ、かなたに結ばれるのではない。かくのごとく、施し豊かなるインドラ（Indra）よ、彼女が光り輝く子らに富み、内なる福楽を担う者となりますように。
Word by Word
प्रेतःgo forth; depart
प्रेतः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र-इ (धातु) → प्रेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा अव्यय-प्रयोग
मुञ्चामिI release / set free
मुञ्चामि:
Kartā (अहं) + कर्म-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (मुञ्चति) ‘मोचने’
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध) अव्यय
अमुतःfrom there; from the other world
अमुतः:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootअमुतस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) ‘अमुतः/अमुतस्’
सुबद्धाम्well-bound; firmly tied
सुबद्धाम्:
Karma (विशेष्य-स्त्री)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + बद्ध (√बन्ध्) → बद्ध (कृदन्त) ‘bound’
अमुतःfrom there; from the other world
अमुतः:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootअमुतस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
करम्hand (i.e., grasp/hold)
करम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘hand; doer’
यथाso that; just as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय) तुलनार्थ/प्रकारार्थ
इयम्this (woman/bride)
इयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मीढ्वःO bountiful/strong one
मीढ्वः:
सम्बोधन-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमीढ्वस् (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक विशेषण) ‘bountiful/strong’
सुपुत्राhaving good sons; blessed with good children
सुपुत्रा:
Kartā (इयम् का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सुभगाfortunate; auspicious
सुभगा:
Kartā (इयम् का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + भग (प्रातिपदिक) → सुभग (विशेषण)
असतिmay she be / let her be
असति:
Kartā (इयम्)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (अस्ति) ‘भू’
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