Rig Veda 8.46.33: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 33
Sukta 8.46
Rishi: Not determinable from excerpt.
Devata: A feminine power is foregrounded (possibly a symbolic figure within the hymn rather than an independent devatā); no explicit deity-name in this verse.
Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from single verse without scan.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अध स्या योषणा मही प्रतीची वशमश्व्यम् । अधिरुक्मा वि नीयते ॥
Transliteration
adha syā́ yóṣaṇā mahī́ pratī́cī váśam aśvyám | adhírukmā ví nīyate ||
Translation
そのとき、その大いなる女なる力はわれらの方へと向き直り、馬の力（aśvya）を制する支配をもたらす。黄金の輝き（rukmá）を帯びて、彼女は導き出される。
Word by Word
अधthen, now, moreover
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (अव्यय)
स्याthis (she)
स्या:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootस (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
योषणाyoung woman, maiden
योषणा:
Kartā (स्या के विशेषण/अप्पोज़िशन में)
TypeNoun
Rootयोषणा (प्रातिपदिक)
महीgreat, mighty
मही:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमही (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मह्/महत्’ से)
प्रतीचीturned toward (us), facing, coming near
प्रतीची:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतीची (प्रातिपदिक; प्रति+अञ्च्)
वशम्control, sway, power
वशम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवश (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्व्यम्horse(-like), pertaining to horses
अश्व्यम्:
Karma (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअश्व्य (प्रातिपदिक; अश्व ‘horse’ से)
अधिupon, over
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa (स्थानीय/अधिष्ठान सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रुक्माgolden ornament, gold
रुक्मा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरुक्म (प्रातिपदिक)
विforth, apart (prefix)
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
नीयतेis led/borne, is carried
नीयते:
— (कर्मणि; कर्ता ‘रुक्मा’)
TypeVerb
Rootनी (धातु; √नी ‘to lead’)
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