Rig Veda 4.16.17: Mandala 4, Sukta 16, Mantra 17
Sukta 4.16
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तिग्मा यदन्तरशनिः पताति कस्मिञ्चिच्छूर मुहुके जनानाम् । घोरा यदर्य समृतिर्भवात्यध स्मा नस्तन्वो बोधि गोपाः ॥
Transliteration
tigmā́ yád antár aśániḥ pátāti kásmiṃcic chūra muhuké jánānām | ghorā́ yád arya sámṛtir bhávāty ádha smā nas tanvò bodhi gopā́ḥ ||
Translation
鋭き雷の矢が内に落ち、人々のいずれかの脆き所を打つとき、英雄よ。恐るべき力の衝突が起こるとき、高貴なる者よ——そのとき我らの身の守護者として目覚め、魂の器を護りたまえ。
Word by Word
ति॒ग्माsharp, keen
ति॒ग्मा:
Kartā (अन्तरशनि: इत्यस्य विशेषणम्) अथवा कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootतिग्म (प्रातिपदिक) < तिज्/तिक्ष् (धातु, ‘तीक्ष्णीकरणे’)
यत्when; that which
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (relative) / Pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तरशनि:the inner bolt/missile (a piercing shaft)
अन्तरशनि::
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर-शनि (प्रातिपदिक; शनि/शनि: ‘missile/bolt’)
पततिflies, falls
पतति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु)
कस्मिन्in/into what (place/thing)
कस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even; indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
शूरO hero
शूर:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative) / Adjective
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)
मुहुकेin a moment; suddenly
मुहुके:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (locative) / Adverbial
Rootमुहु (अव्यय ‘often/suddenly’) + -क (प्रातिपदिक-निर्माण) → मुहुक (प्रातिपदिक)
जनानाम्of people
जनानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
घोराterrible, dreadful
घोरा:
Kartā (समृतिः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्) अथवा कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (relative) / Pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अर्यO Arya/noble one
अर्य:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative) / Adjective
Rootअर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
समृतिःencounter; onset; collision
समृतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसम्-ऋ (धातु ‘गत्यर्थे’) → समृति (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ‘meeting/encounter, onset’)
भवातिbecomes; happens
भवाति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
अधthen
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (निपात)
स्मindeed; just
स्म:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्म (निपात)
नःfor us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तन्वःof (our) body; of our person
तन्वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive) / लक्ष्य-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (प्रातिपदिक)
बोधिbe awake; take notice
बोधि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootबुध् (धातु ‘अवबोधने’)
गोपा:O protector (guardian)
गोपा::
Kartā / सम्बोधन (सन्दर्भानुसार) — अत्र सम्बोधन-प्रधानम्
TypeNoun
Rootगोपा (प्रातिपदिक; गो + पा ‘protector of cows’)
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