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Rig Veda 2.35.4: Mandala 2, Sukta 35, Mantra 4

Sukta 2.35

Rishi: Gṛtsamada
Devata: Apāṃ Napāt
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

तमस्मेरा युवतयो युवानं मर्मृज्यमानाः परि यन्त्यापः । स शुक्रेभिः शिक्वभी रेवदस्मे दीदायानिध्मो घृतनिर्णिगप्सु ॥

tám asmerā́ yuvatáyo yúvānaṃ marmṛjyámānāḥ pári yánty ā́paḥ | sá śukrébhiḥ śíkvabhī revád asmé dīdā́yā́nidhmó ghṛtánirṇig apsú ||

Around him the smiling young Waters move, cleansing the young one. He shines for us with bright, skilful energies, rich in delight—an unfed flame, with ghee-like radiance, within the waters.

तम्him/that (one)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मेfor us two / to us
अस्मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ईराःimpulses/instigations (i.e., swift movements)
ईराः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootईरा (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्रेरणा/गतिः’ इत्यर्थे; वैदिके ‘ईर्’ धातोः सम्बन्धः)
युवतयःyoung women
युवतयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयुवती (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)
युवानम्the young one
युवानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootयुवन् (पुं-प्रातिपदिक)
मर्मृज्यमानाःbeing cleansed/purified
मर्मृज्यमानाः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootमृज् (धातु; ‘मार्जने/शोधने’)
परिaround
परि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
यन्तिthey go/move
यन्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु; ‘गत्यर्थे’)
आपःthe waters
आपः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअप्/आप् (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शुक्रेभिःwith bright/pure (ones/things)
शुक्रेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootशुक्र (पुं/नपुं-प्रातिपदिक)
शिक्वभिःwith the skilled/adept (singers/priests)
शिक्वभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootशिक्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कुशल/प्रवीण/स्तुतिकर’ इत्यर्थे, वैदिक)
रेवत्richly, splendidly
रेवत्:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootरेवत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘धनवत्/समृद्ध’)
अस्मेfor us two / to us
अस्मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दीदायhas shone/has flashed
दीदाय:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootदीदाय (धातु-रूपम्; √दा/√दी ‘दीप्तौ/दाने’ इत्यस्य वैदिक-परिप्रयोगः; अत्र ‘दीप्तौ’)
अनिध्मःwithout fuel
अनिध्मः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअनिध्म (प्रातिपदिक; ‘इन्धनरहित’)
घृतनिर्णिक्having a ghee-bright covering/gleam
घृतनिर्णिक्:
Kartā
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootघृत-निर्णिज्/निर्णिक् (समास; ‘घृत’ + ‘निर्णिज्/निर्णिक्’ = ‘आवरण/दीप्ति/वस्त्र’)
अप्सुin the waters
अप्सु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअप्/आप् (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)

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