Rig Veda 10.85.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 85, Mantra 4

Sukta 10.85

Devata: Soma (as hidden, guarded essence)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; not metrically verified from input alone)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आच्छद्विधानैर्गुपितो बार्हतैः सोम रक्षितः । ग्राव्णामिच्छृण्वन्तिष्ठसि न ते अश्नाति पार्थिवः ॥

Transliteration

ā́cchadvidhānāir gupitó bā́rhataiḥ soma rakṣitáḥ | grā́vṇām íc chṛṇvánti tiṣṭhasi ná te aśnāti pā́rthivaḥ ||

Translation

覆いの諸相によって隠され、広大なる力によって守られて、ソーマよ、汝は護られている。汝は搾り石の響きを聴きつつ立つ。地上の者は汝を味わうことができない――汝の真実は外なる手の把握から秘されている。

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Word by Word

• आच्छद्: (he) covered
• आच्छद्: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-छद् (छद्) / छद्-धातु

• विधानैः: with arrangements / ordinances
• विधानैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (वि-धा-न) < धा (√धा) + घञ्/ल्युट्-प्रत्यय (nominal)

• गुपितः: protected, guarded
• गुपितः: Kartā (as qualified subject)
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: गुप् (√गुप्) + क्त (past passive participle)

• बार्हतैः: with lofty/great (means)
• बार्हतैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बार्हत (from बृहन्त्/बर्हिस्-related adjective ‘lofty, great, sacred’)

• सोम: O Soma
• सोम: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम

• रक्षितः: guarded, kept safe
• रक्षितः: Kartā (as qualified subject)
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: रक्ष् (√रक्ष्) + क्त (past passive participle)

• ग्राव्णाम्: of the pressing-stones
• ग्राव्णाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रावन्

• इच्छृण्वन्ति: they listen / they hear
• इच्छृण्वन्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (particle) + √श्रु (शृण्व्) (present)

• तिष्ठसि: you stand / remain
• तिष्ठसि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (√स्था) (present stem तिष्ठ)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (2nd person pronoun)

• अश्नाति: eats, consumes
• अश्नाति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (√अश् ‘to eat/consume’) (present)

• पार्थिवः: the earthly one / a mortal
• पार्थिवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव (from पृथिवी)