Rig Veda 3.36.6: Mandala 3, Sukta 36, Mantra 6
Sukta 3.36
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina.
Devata: Indra (Soma as empowering substance).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र यत्सिन्धवः प्रसवं यथायन्नापः समुद्रं रथ्येव जग्मुः । अतश्चिदिन्द्रः सदसो वरीयान्यदीं सोमः पृणति दुग्धो अंशुः ॥
Transliteration
prá yát síndhavaḥ pra-saváṃ yáthā́yan ā́paḥ samudráṃ rathyèva jagmúḥ | atáś cid índraḥ sádaso várīyān yád īṃ sómaḥ pṛṇáti dúgdhó aṃśúḥ ||
Translation
河々が促される流れに従って前進し、水が道の上の戦車のように海へ赴くとき——そのことによってさえ、インドラは集会の座よりも広大となる。搾り出されたソーマ（Soma）—輝く茎の汁—が彼を満たすときに。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
यत्which, that (relative)
यत्:
Karma (of यथायन्) / correl. to तत्
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma)
सिन्धवःrivers
सिन्धवः:
Kartā (of यथायन्) / (also of जग्मुः by sense)
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु
प्रसवम्impulse, onward flow; (here) the outflow/setting-in-motion
प्रसवम्:
Karma (goal/object with यथायन्)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसव
यथाas, just as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
आयन्they went, they moved
आयन्:
Kriyā (with Kartā = सिन्धवः)
TypeVerb
Rootया (याति)
आपःwaters
आपः:
Kartā (of जग्मुः) (apposition to सिन्धवः)
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
समुद्रम्ocean, sea
समुद्रम्:
Karma / destination (of जग्मुः)
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र
रथ्येon the road, in the roadway
रथ्ये:
Adhikaraṇa (locus of comparison)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ्य
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
जग्मुःthey have gone, they went
जग्मुः:
Kriyā (with Kartā = आपः/सिन्धवः)
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
अतःtherefore, from that
अतः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित्
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā (of implied ‘is/was’ with वरीयान्)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र
सदसःfrom/than the seat, assembly, session
सदसः:
Apādāna (standard of comparison: ‘than the seat/session’)
TypeNoun
Rootसदस्
वरीयान्wider, more expansive, greater
वरीयान्:
Predicative (to इन्द्रः)
TypeAdjective
Rootवरीयस् (comparative of उरु/वर् ‘wide, broad’)
यदाwhen
यदा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
ईम्him (thereupon), him indeed
ईम्:
Karma (of पृणति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootईम्
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
Kartā (of पृणति)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम
पृणतिfills, satisfies
पृणति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootपॄ (पृणाति)
दुग्धःmilked, drawn (out)
दुग्धः:
Viśeṣaṇa (of अंशुः / of सोमः by apposition)
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Rootदुह् (PPP दुग्ध)
अंशुःSoma-stalk; ray; (here) the pressed Soma-stalk/juice
अंशुः:
Kartā (appositional to सोमः) / agent of filling by sense
TypeNoun
Rootअंशु
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