Rig Veda 7.103.5: Mandala 7, Sukta 103, Mantra 5
Sukta 7.103
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional)
Devata: Maṇḍūkāḥ / Vā́c on the Waters
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यदेषामन्यो अन्यस्य वाचं शाक्तस्येव वदति शिक्षमाणः । सर्वं तदेषां समृधेव पर्व यत्सुवाचो वदथनाध्यप्सु ॥
Transliteration
yád eṣām anyó anyásya vā́caṃ śāktásyeva vádati śíkṣamāṇaḥ | sárvaṃ tád eṣāṃ samṛ́dheva párva yát su-vā́co vádathana ádhy apsú ||
Translation
彼らのうち一方が他方の言葉を、巧みな誦者が学ぶように繰り返し語るとき、そのやり取りのすべては彼らにとって、増大へ向かう共同の「祭りの歩み」となる——よく語る者たちよ、汝らは水の上に言葉を放つ。流れに根ざす言葉は、満ち満ちるまでに育つ。
Word by Word
यद्when/that which
यद्:
सम्बन्ध/अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध (यत्-तत् सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable (relative pronoun used as conjunction)
Rootयद् (यद्-प्रातिपदिक, य-प्रश्न/सम्बन्ध)
एषाम्of these/of them
एषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of them’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अन्यःanother, one (of them)
अन्यः:
कर्तृ (subject: ‘one (frog)’)
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्यस्यof another
अन्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (of another)
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
वाचम्speech, voice
वाचम्:
कर्म (object of ‘वदति’)
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)
शाक्तस्यof the capable/skilled
शाक्तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (of the skilled/able one)
TypeAdjective
Rootशाक्त (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शक्ति/शक्’ से ‘समर्थ/कुशल’)
इवlike, as
इव:
सम्बन्ध (simile marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
वदतिspeaks
वदति:
क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वद् (भाषणे)
शिक्षमाणःlearning, practicing
शिक्षमाणः:
कर्तृ (agent-participle qualifying ‘अन्यः’)
TypeParticiple
Root√शिक्ष् (शिक्षायाम्/अध्ययने; ‘to learn, practice’)
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
कर्म/विधेय (collective ‘all (that)’)
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
तद्that
तद्:
सम्बन्ध (correlative to ‘यद्’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एषाम्of them
एषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (of them)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
समृधाwith prosperity; as prosperity
समृधा:
करण (comparison-instrument: ‘with/like prosperity’)
TypeNoun
Rootसमृद्धि/समृध् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; ‘सम्+√ऋध्’ वृद्धि/सम्पत्तौ)
इवlike
इव:
सम्बन्ध
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
पर्वa joint/turning-point; a (seasonal) occasion
पर्व:
विधेय/कर्म (predicate/object sense: ‘a turning-point/occasion’)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वन् (नपुं. प्रातिपदिक; ‘joint, node; section/turning-point’)
यत्that which/when
यत्:
सम्बन्ध (introduces relative clause)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुवाचःgood-speaking, eloquent
सुवाचः:
कर्तृ (subject of ‘वदथन’)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुवाच (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + वाच ‘good-speaking’)
वदथनyou (pl.) speak
वदथन:
क्रिया (relative-clause verb)
TypeVerb
Root√वद् (भाषणे)
अधिupon, in, over
अधि:
अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध (governs locative ‘अप्सु’)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअधि
अप्सुin the waters
अप्सु:
अधिकरण (locative: ‘in the waters’)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; ‘water’)
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