Rig Veda 8.7.26: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 26
Sukta 8.7
Rishi: Kāṇva (tradition; confirm via Anukramaṇī)
Devata: Maruts/Indra complex (imagery of opening a breach for the Bull suggests Indra aided by storm-powers)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उशना यत्परावत उक्ष्णो रन्ध्रमयातन । द्यौर्न चक्रदद्भिया ॥
Transliteration
uśánā yát parā-váta ukṣṇó randhrám ayātana | dyáur ná cakradad bhiyā́ ||
Translation
നീ, ആഗ്രഹത്തോടെ, പരാവതയുടെ അതിദൂര ലോകത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വൃഷഭനുവേണ്ടി ഒരു ഭേദം (രന്ധ്ര) തുറന്നപ്പോൾ, ദ്യൗ (ആകാശം) പോലും ഭയത്താൽ വിറച്ചു—ഭീതനായതുപോലെ.
Word by Word
उशनाUśanā (the seer Uśanā Kāvya)
उशना:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootउशना (प्रातिपदिक; उशनस्/उशना- ‘उशना काव्यः’)
यत्what/which
यत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun/Relative
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
परावतःfrom afar; from the distant region
परावतः:
अपादान
TypeNoun (locative of place)
Rootपरावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दूर-देश/पर-प्रदेश’)
उक्ष्णःof the bull/ox
उक्ष्णः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootउक्षन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बैल/वृषभ’)
रन्ध्रम्a hole; opening; weak spot
रन्ध्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरन्ध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अयातनthey came/they went (reached)
अयातन:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु ‘to go/come’) + अ (augment) + य (redup./present stem nuance in Vedic)
द्यौःthe Sky (Dyauḥ)
द्यौः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘द्यौस्’ sky)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
चक्रदत्cried out; roared
चक्रदत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootचक्रद (धातु-समूह: चक्रद्/चक्रन्द् ‘to cry out, roar’ — Vedic)
भियाwith fear; out of fear
भिया:
करण (instrument/cause)
TypeNoun
Rootभी (प्रातिपदिक ‘भिया’ < भी ‘fear’)
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