Rig Veda 7.103.6 — Mandala 7, Sukta 103, Mantra 6
Sukta 7.103
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional)
Devata: Maṇḍūkāḥ as figures of Vā́c-in-diversity
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
गोमायुरेको अजमायुरेकः पृश्निरेको हरित एक एषाम् । समानं नाम बिभ्रतो विरूपाः पुरुत्रा वाचं पिपिशुर्वदन्तः ॥
Transliteration
gomā́yur éko ajamā́yur ékaḥ pṛ́śnir éko hárta éka eṣām | samānáṃ nā́ma bíbhrato vírūpāḥ purutrā́ vā́caṃ pipiśúr vádantaḥ ||
Translation
One has the ‘cow-cry’, one the ‘goat-cry’, one is speckled, one tawny; yet bearing one common name, though of many forms, they fashion speech in many ways while they speak—diverse energies expressing a single power.
Word by Word
गोमायुःthe cow-voiced one
गोमायुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगोमायु- (प्रातिपदिक; गो- ‘गाय’ + मायु- ‘रव/ध्वनि’)
एकःone
एकः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootएक- (प्रातिपदिक)
अजमायुःthe goat-voiced one
अजमायुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअजमायु- (प्रातिपदिक; अज- ‘बकरा’ + मायु- ‘रव/ध्वनि’)
एकःone
एकः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootएक- (प्रातिपदिक)
पृश्निःthe speckled/variegated one
पृश्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपृश्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
एकःone
एकः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootएक- (प्रातिपदिक)
हरितःthe tawny/greenish one
हरितः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootहरित- (प्रातिपदिक)
एकःone
एकः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootएक- (प्रातिपदिक)
एषाम्of these (among them)
एषाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
समानम्the same
समानम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसमान- (प्रातिपदिक)
नामname
नाम:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
बिभ्रतःbearing, carrying
बिभ्रतः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√भृ (भरणे)
विरूपाःof diverse forms
विरूपाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootविरूप- (प्रातिपदिक; वि- + रूप)
पुरुत्राin many places/ways
पुरुत्रा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरुत्रा (अव्यय; पुरु ‘many’ + -त्रा)
वाचम्speech, voice
वाचम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्- (प्रातिपदिक)
पिपिशुःthey have fashioned/formed
पिपिशुः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√पिश् (पेषणे/संस्कारार्थे; ‘to shape, form, fashion’)
वदन्तःspeaking
वदन्तः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√वद् (वक्तौ)
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