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Rig Veda 1.121.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 121, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.121

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa
Devata: Indra as solar/illumining power in the rite (with Agni-idiom of fuel and kindling in the imagery)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

स्विध्मा यद्वनधितिरपस्यात्सूरो अध्वरे परि रोधना गोः । यद्ध प्रभासि कृत्व्याँ अनु द्यूननर्विशे पश्विषे तुराय ॥

svi-dhmá̄ yád vana-dhítir apasyá̄t sú̄ro adhvaré pári ródhanā góḥ | yád dha pra-bhá̄si kṛ́tvyāṃ ánu dyú̄n ánarviśe paśv-íṣe turá̄ya ||

स्विध्मा यदा वनधितिर् अपस्यात्, सूरोऽध्वरे गोः परि रोधनानि परिभ्रमति। यदा च त्वं प्रभासि, कृत्व्यां द्यून् अनु अनुवर्तमानः, अविशेषे पश्विषे च त्वरिताय लाभाय च आगच्छसि।

स्वित्indeed? / perhaps / whether
स्वित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित् (निपात) अथवा स्विद्
ध्माthen / indeed (emphatic particle)
ध्मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootध्मा (निपात; ध्मा/ध्मै इति वैदिक-निपातः)
यत्when / that which
यत्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वनधितिःthe wood-cutter / forest-splitter
वनधितिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवनधिति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वन’ + ‘धिति’)
अपस्यात्might work / might be active
अपस्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअपस् (धातु: अपस्/अप् ‘to work, be active’)
सूरःthe Sun (Sūrya)
सूरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर (प्रातिपदिक)
अध्वरेin the sacrifice / rite
अध्वरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround
परि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रोधनाenclosures / barriers
रोधना:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरोधन (प्रातिपदिक; √रुध् ‘to obstruct, enclose’)
गोःof the cow / of cattle
गोः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when / that which
यत्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
indeed / surely
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
प्रभासिyou shine forth
प्रभासि:
TypeVerb
Root√भास् (भास् ‘to shine’) + प्र-
कृत्व्यान्tasks / things-to-be-done
कृत्व्यान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत्व्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘to be done/required’, from √कृ)
अनुalong / after
अनु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
द्यून्days
द्यून्:
Adhikaraṇa (काल-निर्देश) / Karma (with अनु)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘day/sky’)
अनर्विशेfor the blameless clan/settlement
अनर्विशे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootअनर्विश् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘not harming the clan/people’, from नृ/अर्व? + विश् ‘clan’)
पश्विषेfor cattle-abundance / for prosperity in livestock
पश्विषे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective (abstract/quality)
Rootपश्विष् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘rich in cattle’, from पशु)
तुरायfor the swift one / for victory-swiftness
तुराय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootतुर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘swift/overcoming’; also epithet) অথবা √तुर्

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