Rig Veda 8.7.29: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 29
Sukta 8.7
Rishi: Kāṇva (tradition; confirm)
Devata: Maruts/heroic host (naraḥ) in Soma setting; possibly Indra-Marut movement
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सुषोमे शर्यणावत्यार्जीके पस्त्यावति । ययुर्निचक्रया नरः ॥
Transliteration
su-sóme śaryaṇā́vaty ārjīké pastyā́vati | yayúr ní-cakrayā nárāḥ ||
Translation
Dalam Soma yang diperah elok, di Śaryaṇāvatī, di Ārjīka yang kaya dengan tempat tinggal, para wira pun melaju dengan roda yang ditegakkan—teguh pada haluan mereka.
Word by Word
सु॒षोमे॑in good Soma; at the good Soma-rite
सु॒षोमे॑:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootसु-सोम (सोम) / प्रातिपदिक: सोम
शर्य॒णाव॑तिat Śaryāṇāvatī (the Śaryāṇā-place/stream)
शर्य॒णाव॑ति:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (locative qualifier)
Rootशर्य॒णा- (toponym/river-name) + -वत् (possessive)
आर्जी॒केin/at Ārjīka (region/people)
आर्जी॒के:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootऋजीक/अर्जीक (toponym/ethnonym) / प्रातिपदिक: आर्जीक
प॒स्त्या॑वतिat the dwelling-place; in the homestead-rich (place)
प॒स्त्या॑वति:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootपस्त्य (dwelling, homestead) + -वत् (possessive)
य॒युःthey went; they have gone
य॒युः:
(predicate of the clause)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु ‘to go’)
निdown; into; firmly
नि:
(verbal modifier)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootनि (upasarga/indeclinable)
चक्रया॒with a wheel; by means of a wheel
चक्रया॒:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootचक्र (wheel) / प्रातिपदिक: चक्र
नरःthe men; the heroes
नरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनर (man, hero) / प्रातिपदिक: नर
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