Rig Veda 10.73.9: Mandala 10, Sukta 73, Mantra 9

Sukta 10.73

Rishi: Likely Gaurivīti Śāktya (traditional Anukramaṇī attribution for RV 10.73; verify against specific śākhā lists)

Devata: Indra (with cosmological imagery of waters, earth, milk)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

चक्रं यदस्याप्स्वा निषत्तमुतो तदस्मै मध्विच्चच्छद्यात् । पृथिव्यामतिषितं यदूधः पयो गोष्वदधा ओषधीषु ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.73.9

Transliteration

cakráṃ yád asyā́psv ā́ níṣattam utó tád asmai mádhv íc cacchadyāt | pṛthivyā́m átiṣitaṃ yád ū́dhaḥ páyo góṣv adadhā óṣadhīṣu ||

Translation

Gdy jego koło jest umieszczone w wodach, wtedy dla niego powinno być przykryte miodem zaprawdę. Gdy wymię jest nadmiernie rozciągnięte na ziemi, umieściłeś mleko w krowach i w roślinach leczniczych.

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• चक्रम्: wheel; disc
• चक्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक; √चक्र्/√कृ ‘to make’ > चक्र ‘wheel, disc’)

• यत्: which; that
• यत्: (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of him/it
• अस्य: (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्सु: in the waters
• अप्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (स्त्री; ‘waters’)

• आ: towards; into
• आ: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• निषत्तम्: having sat down; settled
• निषत्तम्: (विशेषण; चक्रम्/यत्)
• Type: Participle
• Root: नि-√सद् (धातु ‘to sit’) → निषत्त (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त/PPP)

• उतो: and also; moreover
• उतो: (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात ‘and, also, moreover’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (of following verb) / (अनुवाद-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मै: to him
• अस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मधु: honey; sweetness
• मधु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• इत्: indeed; just
• इत्: (निपात; अर्थ-प्रबलन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात; एव/नूनम्-भाव)

• चच्छद्यात्: should cover; should conceal
• चच्छद्यात्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √छद् (धातु ‘to cover, conceal’) + reduplication (च-)

• पृथिव्याम्: on/in the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिषितम्: sharpened; very keen
• अतिषितम्: (विशेषण; यत्/ऊधः)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: अति-√शि/√शाय्? (Vedic: ‘to sharpen/edge’; here ‘atīṣita’ = ‘very sharp/keen’) → अतिषित (कृदन्त, PPP/adj.)

• यत्: which; that
• यत्: (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊधः: udder
• ऊधः: Karma (of following verb) / (वाक्य-उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊधस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘udder’)

• पयः: milk
• पयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘milk’)

• गोषु: among the cows
• गोषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदधा: placed; set
• अदधा: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धातु ‘to place, put’)

• ओषधीषु: in the plants; among herbs
• ओषधीषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)