Rig Veda 10.97.9 — Mandala 10, Sukta 97, Mantra 9
Sukta 10.97
Rishi: Unknown/collective.
Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ as expelling powers (niḥkṛtīḥ).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इष्कृतिर्नाम वो माताथो यूयं स्थ निष्कृतीः । सीराः पतत्रिणीः स्थन यदामयति निष्कृथ ॥
Transliteration
íṣkṛtir nā́ma vo mātā́tho yūyáṁ stha níṣkṛtīḥ | sīrā́ḥ patatríṇīḥ sthana yád ā́mayati níṣkṛtha ||
Translation
汝らの母は「イシュクリティ（Iṣkṛti）」と名づけられ、汝らは「ニシュクリティ（Niskṛti）」、解放の力である。願わくは汝ら、翼あるもののごとく迅く赴け。苦患が襲うとき、それを引き抜き、投げ捨てよ。
Word by Word
इष्कृतिः(your) name is ‘Iṣkṛti’ (a healing/curative name)
इष्कृतिः:
Kartā (नाम-रूपेण विषयः/उद्देश्यः)
TypeNoun
Rootइष्कृति- (प्रातिपदिक; इष्/इष्क्- ‘to set in motion/impel’ > ‘impulse, remedy’ as name)
नामname
नाम:
Kartā/Predicate-nominative (नामवाचक-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्-
वःof you; your
वः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive: ‘of you/your’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्-
माताmother
माता:
Kartā (उपमान/सम्बोधन-भावे)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ-
अथोand then; moreover
अथो:
सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-संयोजक
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथो (अथ + उ) अव्यय
यूयम्you (pl.)
यूयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्-
स्थare
स्थ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु) / ‘to be’
निष्कृतीःremedies; deliverances
निष्कृतीः:
Kartā/Predicate-nominative (यूयं स्थ …)
TypeNoun
Rootनिष्कृति- (प्रातिपदिक; नि: + √कृ ‘to do/make’ > ‘remedy, deliverance’)
सीराःstreams/veins (channels)
सीराः:
Kartā (द्वितीय-वाक्ये विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootसीरा-
पतत्रिणीःwinged (swift-moving)
पतत्रिणीः:
विशेषण/सम्बन्धः (सीराः …)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपतत्रिणी- (पतत्रिन्- ‘winged’ > स्त्री. ‘winged (ones)’)
स्थare
स्थ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
नnot
न:
सम्बन्ध (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध) अव्यय
यदाwhen
यदा:
अधिकारण-सम्बन्ध (काल-सम्बन्धः: ‘when’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा (सम्बन्ध-अव्यय)
आमयतिafflicts; makes ill
आमयति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अम्/आम् (आमय- ‘to make ill, afflict’)
निष्कृथNiskṛth (harm/illness; a malady-personification)
निष्कृथ:
Kartā (आमयति इति क्रियायाः कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनिष्कृथ- (प्रातिपदिक; नि: + √कृथ/√कृ ‘to hurt/cut off’ > ‘harm, injury’ as a demon/illness-name)
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