Rig Veda 7.95.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 95, Mantra 1
Sukta 7.95
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for RV 7.95 Sarasvatī hymn)
Devata: Sarasvatī
Chandas: Jagatī (probable for RV 7.95.1; confirm by syllable count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र क्षोदसा धायसा सस्र एषा सरस्वती धरुणमायसी पूः । प्रबाबधाना रथ्येव याति विश्वा अपो महिना सिन्धुरन्याः ॥
Transliteration
prá kṣódasā dhā́yasā sasra eṣā́ sárasvatī dharuṇám ā́yasī pū́ḥ | prá-bābadhānā rathyèva yāti víśvā apó mahinā́ síndhur anyā́ḥ ||
Translation
彼女は推し進める勢いと支える力とともに奔り出る——このサラスヴァティー（Sarasvatī）、鉄の基に据わる満ち満ちた流れ。道を行く戦車のように押し進み、その偉大さによって他のあらゆる水を凌駕する。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
क्षोदसाwith/through (her) impelling force
क्षोदसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootक्षोदस् (prātipadika; from √क्षुद्/क्षोद् ‘to pound, impel’)
धायसाwith (her) sustaining/nourishing power
धायसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधायस् (prātipadika; ‘nourishing power/strength’)
सस्रेhas flowed, has run
सस्रे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√सृ (सरति ‘to flow, run’)
एषाthis (she)
एषा:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootएष (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
सरस्वतीSarasvatī
सरस्वती:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसरस्वती (proper noun/prātipadika)
धरुणम्support, firm base
धरुणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधरुण (prātipadika; ‘support, foundation’)
आयसीmetallic, iron(-strong)
आयसी:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootआयस (prātipadika; ‘of metal/iron’)
पूःa stronghold, fortification
पूः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपूः (prātipadika; ‘fortified place, stronghold, rampart’)
प्रforth
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
बाबधानाpressing on, forcing (her way), impelling
बाबधाना:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Root√बन्ध्/बध् (Vedic; ‘to bind, press, constrain’; reduplicated present participle)
रथ्येवlike a chariot(-road)/like (one on) a chariot-path
रथ्येव:
—
TypeNoun + Indeclinable
Rootरथ्य (prātipadika) + इव (indecl.)
यातिgoes, moves
याति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√या (याति ‘to go’)
विश्वाःall
विश्वाः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (prātipadika)
अपःwaters
अपः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअप्/आप् (prātipadika; ‘water’)
महिनाby (her) might
महिना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमहिमन्/महिना (prātipadika; ‘greatness, might’)
सिन्धुःthe river, the Sindhu (stream)
सिन्धुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (prātipadika)
अन्याःof the other (river[s])
अन्याः:
—
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootअन्य (prātipadika)
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