Rig Veda 2.15.7: Mandala 2, Sukta 15, Mantra 7
Sukta 2.15
Rishi: Gṛtsamada
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स विद्वाँ अपगोहं कनीनामाविर्भवन्नुदतिष्ठत्परावृक् । प्रति श्रोणः स्थाद्व्यनगचष्ट सोमस्य ता मद इन्द्रश्चकार ॥
Transliteration
sa vidvāṁ apa-goham kanīnām āvir bhavann ud atiṣṭhat parāvṛk | prati śroṇaḥ sthād vy anag acaṣṭa somasya tā made indraś cakāra ||
Translation
彼は若き光らが隠されている秘所を知り、みずから顕現して、はるかな回転の彼方より起ち上がった。向かい立って、強き者は見渡し、明らかに見分けた——これらをインドラはソーマ（Soma）の法悦の中で成し遂げた。
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विद्वान्knowing, wise
विद्वान्:
Kartā (सः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (participial)
Root√विद् (विद् ज्ञाने) → विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
अपगोहम्the concealment; the hiding-away
अपगोहम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअप-गूह (उपसर्ग अप + √गूह् ‘to hide/conceal’) → अपगोह (प्रातिपदिक)
कनीनाम्of the maidens/young women
कनीनाम्:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootकनीना (प्रातिपदिक)
आविःopenly, manifest
आविः:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआविस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
भवन्becoming, appearing
भवन्:
Kartā (सः इत्यस्य सह-विशेषणम्)
TypeVerbal participle
Root√भू (भू सत्तायाम्) → शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त) ‘भवत्’
उदतिष्ठत्stood up, arose
उदतिष्ठत्:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउद् + √स्था (स्था गतिनिवृत्तौ/स्थितौ)
परावृक्turning away (the foe); repeller
परावृक्:
Kartā (सः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootपरावृज्/परावृक् (प्रातिपदिक; RV-प्रयोगः)
प्रतिtowards, in response to
प्रति:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्/दिशा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
श्रोणःthe lame one; (one) with a hip/haunch
श्रोणः:
Kartā (स्थात् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रोण (प्रातिपदिक)
स्थात्stood / may stand
स्थात्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (स्था)
विapart, distinctly
वि:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अनगचष्टhe looked upon, beheld
अनगचष्ट:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√चक्ष् (चक्ष् दर्शने) with नङ्-आगम/अङ्? RV-form; ‘अनगचष्ट’ = ‘अनु-अग-चष्ट’ (archaic aorist/preterite)
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
ताःthose (f.)
ताः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मदेin intoxication, in exhilaration
मदे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चकारdid, made
चकार:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (कृ करणे)
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