Rig Veda 1.28.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 28, Mantra 1
Sukta 1.28
Devata: Indra (with ritual implements personified in the frame)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यत्र ग्रावा पृथुबुध्न ऊर्ध्वो भवति सोतवे । उलूखलसुतानामवेद्विन्द्र जल्गुलः ॥
Transliteration
yátra grā́vā pṛthúbudhna ūrdhvó bhávati sótave | ulū́khala-sutānām áved índra jalguláḥ ||
Translation
Where the pressing-stone, broad-based, rises upright for the pressing, there the pounding of the mortar-pressers becomes known to Indra—awakening his force in us.
Word by Word
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) < य- (सर्वनाम-आधार)
ग्रावाthe pressing-stone
ग्रावा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootग्रावन् (प्रातिपदिक)
पृथुबुध्नःbroad-based
पृथुबुध्नः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपृथु-बुध्न (समास; पृथु ‘broad’ + बुध्न ‘base’)
ऊर्ध्वःupright
ऊर्ध्वः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)
भवतिbecomes/is
भवति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
सोतवेfor pressing (Soma)
सोतवे:
सम्प्रदान (प्रयोजनार्थे)
TypeVerbal noun (infinitive)
Rootसु (धातु) → सोतु (कर्तरि/भावे) + तुमुन्-प्रत्यय (दातिव-रूप)
उलूखलसुतानाम्of the mortar-pressed (juices/pressings)
उलूखलसुतानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootउलूखल-सुत (समास; उलूखल ‘mortar’ + सुत ‘pressed’)
अवेत्he perceived/knew
अवेत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअव्/अव्? (वेदिक-रूप) ← √अव्/√विद्? (पाठभेद-सम्भावना); व्यवहारतः ‘जानाति/अवगच्छति’ अर्थे
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
जलगुलःJalgula (an epithet/name)
जलगुलः:
कर्तृ (इन्द्रस्य विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeNoun (epithet/name)
Rootजलगुल (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-विशेषशब्दः)
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