Rig Veda 8.96.14: Mandala 8, Sukta 96, Mantra 14
Sukta 8.96
Rishi: Kāṇva tradition.
Devata: Indra and allied ‘vृषणः’ powers (Indra’s Marut-like companions implied by plural address).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
द्रप्समपश्यं विषुणे चरन्तमुपह्वरे नद्यो अंशुमत्याः । नभो न कृष्णमवतस्थिवांसमिष्यामि वो वृषणो युध्यताजौ ॥
Transliteration
drapsám apaśyaṃ víṣuṇe cárantam upahvaré nadyò aṃśumátyāḥ | nábho na kṛṣṇám avatasthivā́ṃsam iṣyā́mi vo vṛṣaṇo yúdhyatājau ||
Translation
われは見た、その滴がそれぞれの道を分かれて動くのを――光に満ちた川々の流れる、曲がりくねる奥処にて。それは黒き雲塊のごとくそこに立っていた。雄々しき者たちよ、戦の場にて戦えと、われは汝らを駆り立てる。
Word by Word
द्रप्सम्the drop; shining drop (Soma-drop)
द्रप्सम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootद्रप्स- (प्रातिपदिक)
अपश्यम्I saw
अपश्यम्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√पश् (दृश्) ‘to see’
विषुणेapart; in separation; separately
विषुणे:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective
Rootविषुण- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘separate, apart’
चरन्तम्moving, roaming
चरन्तम्:
कर्म (द्रप्सम् इति विशेषणम्) / कर्तृभावः (स्वकर्मणि)
TypeParticiple
Root√चर् ‘to move, roam’
उपह्वरेin the river-bend; in the hollow
उपह्वरे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootउप-ह्वर- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘hollow, recess, bend (of a river)’
नद्यःthe rivers
नद्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootनदी- (प्रातिपदिक)
अंशुमत्याःof the radiant (one)
अंशुमत्याः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the radiant one’
TypeAdjective
Rootअंशुमती- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘having rays/stalks; radiant’
नभःthe sky
नभः:
(उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootनभस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
(सम्बन्ध/उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
कृष्णम्black, dark
कृष्णम्:
कर्म (अवतस्थिवांसम् इति विशेषणम्) / विधेय-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootकृष्ण- (प्रातिपदिक)
अवतस्थिवांसम्having stood; standing firm; stationed
अवतस्थिवांसम्:
कर्म (द्रप्सम् इति विशेषणम्) / कर्तृभावः (स्थितः)
TypeParticiple
Root√स्था ‘to stand’ (अव-उपसर्ग) + वसु (परिपूर्ण-भूतकृदन्त) → अवतस्थिवांस्
इष्यामिI seek; I strive
इष्यामि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√इष् ‘to seek, desire, strive’
वःfor you; of you
वः:
सम्प्रदान (अर्थतः ‘for you’) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
वृषणःthe bull; the mighty one
वृषणः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवृषन्- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘bull; mighty one’
युध्यतfighting
युध्यत:
कर्तृ (वृषणः इति विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple
Root√युध् ‘to fight’
आजौin the contest; in battle
आजौ:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootआजि- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘race, contest, battle’
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