Rig Veda 10.97.8: Mandala 10, Sukta 97, Mantra 8
Sukta 10.97
Rishi: Unknown/collective.
Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ; Purusha invoked as inner recipient.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उच्छुष्मा ओषधीनां गावो गोष्ठादिवेरते । धनं सनिष्यन्तीनामात्मानं तव पूरुष ॥
Transliteration
úcchuṣmā́ oṣádhīnāṁ gā́vo goṣṭhā́d iverate | dhánaṁ saniṣyántīnām ātmā́naṁ táva pūruṣa ||
Translation
薬草の力は高く湧き立つ、牛舎から群れ出る牛のように。彼らは真の富を勝ち取ろうとする――まさに自己そのものを――汝のために、内なるプルシャ（Puruṣa）よ。
Word by Word
उत्up, forth (preverb)
उत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (उपसर्ग) / ud-
शुष्माःvigours, powers
शुष्माः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशुष्म (प्रातिपदिक) / śuṣmá-
ओषधीनाम्of the herbs/plants
ओषधीनाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक) / oṣadhí-
गावःcows
गावः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक) / gó-
गोष्ठात्from the cowshed/stall
गोष्ठात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootगोष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) / goṣṭhá-
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात) / iva
ईरतेthey rise/move forth
ईरते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootईर् (धातु) / īr (to set in motion, to rise)
धनम्wealth, prize
धनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधन (प्रातिपदिक) / dhána-
सनिष्यन्तीनाम्of those (f.) who will win/obtain
सनिष्यन्तीनाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootसन् (धातु) / san (to gain, win) + स्य (भविष्यत्) → सनिष्यन्ती (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
आत्मानम्self, person
आत्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) / ātman-
तवof you, your
तव:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / tvad-
पूरुषO Puruṣa (O Man/Person)
पूरुष:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootपूरुष (प्रातिपदिक) / pū́ruṣa-
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