Rig Veda 8.6.29 — Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 29
Sukta 8.6
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage)
Devata: Indra (hymn-level), with contemplative imagery of the knower
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; verify metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अतः समुद्रमुद्वतश्चिकित्वाँ अव पश्यति । यतो विपान एजति ॥
Transliteration
atáḥ samudrám udvátas cikitvā́ṃ áva paśyati | yáto vipāná éjati ||
Translation
ここより、明知ある者は大海と湧き上がる高みを見下ろす。そこより、飲む者は震えて動き出す。覚醒した識は、広大と上昇とを見渡し、揺り起こされた歓喜の源を見分ける。
Word by Word
अतःfrom there; therefore
अतः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः (अदस्/इदम्-प्रातिपदिक से अव्यय) अथ/अतः
समुद्रम्the ocean
समुद्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
उद्वतःfrom the height; from the upper region
उद्वतः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootउद्वत् (प्रातिपदिक; उद्+वत् ‘ऊँचा/उन्नत’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
चिकित्वान्the discerning one; the wise one
चिकित्वान्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (participial)
Root√चित् (चिती/चेतति ‘to perceive, notice’) → कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्तवतुँ (वैदिक रूप: -वान्)
अवdown; downward
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव
पश्यतिsees
पश्यति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पश् (पश्यति ‘to see’)
यतःfrom where; whence
यतः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयतः (यद्-प्रातिपदिक से अव्यय)
विपानःthe ‘vipāna’ (a drinking one/stream; ritual drinker)
विपानः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविपान (प्रातिपदिक; वि+पान ‘पीने/पान-स्थान/पानकर्ता’—वैदिक विशेषार्थ)
एजतिmoves; quivers
एजति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√एज् (एजति ‘to move, tremble’)
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