Rig Veda 1.126.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 126, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.126
Rishi: Kakṣīvān Dairghatamasa
Devata: Dānastuti to patron (continuation)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उप मा श्यावाः स्वनयेन दत्ता वधूमन्तो दश रथासो अस्थुः । षष्टिः सहस्रमनु गव्यमागात्सनत्कक्षीवाँ अभिपित्वे अह्नाम् ॥
Transliteration
úpa mā śyāvā́ḥ svanáyena dattā́ vadhū́manto dáśa ráthāso asthuḥ | ṣaṣṭíḥ sahásram ánu gavyám ā́gāt sánat kakṣī́vān abhipitvé áhnām ||
Translation
उप मा श्यावाः स्वनयेन दत्ताः, वधूमन्तो दश रथासो अस्थुः। षष्टिः सहस्रम् अनु गव्यम् आगात्, सनत्कक्षीवाँ अभिपित्वे अह्नाम्॥
Word by Word
उपnear, up to
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
माme
मा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (अहम्-प्रातिपदिक)
श्यावाःdark ones (dark horses)
श्यावाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootश्याव (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वनयेनwith a sound/whinnying
स्वनयेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootस्वन (प्रातिपदिक)
दत्ताःgiven, bestowed
दत्ताः:
Kartā (as predicate to subject) / also ‘given’ qualifying subject
TypeParticiple
Rootदा (धातु) → दत्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
वधूमन्तःhaving brides; bride-bearing
वधूमन्तः:
Kartā (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootवधू + मन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
दशten
दश:
—
TypeNumeral
Rootदशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
रथासःchariots
रथासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्थुःstood; came to a halt
अस्थुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
षष्टिःsixty
षष्टिः:
Kartā
TypeNumeral
Rootषष्टि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रम्a thousand
सहस्रम्:
Karma
TypeNumeral/Noun
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुafter; along; in addition
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
गव्यम्cattle(-wealth)
गव्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootगव्य (प्रातिपदिक; from गो)
आगात्came; arrived
आगात्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
सनत्from of old; ever
सनत्:
Adhikaraṇa (time) (adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसनत् (अव्यय/क्रियाविशेषण; from √सन्/सन ‘old, from of old’)
कक्षीवाँःKakṣīvān (the seer)
कक्षीवाँः:
Kartā
TypeProper Noun
Rootकक्षीवत् (ऋषि-नाम; प्रातिपदिक)
अभिपित्वेat the feast/drinking (session)
अभिपित्वे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअभि + पित्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘drinking/feast, convivial session’)
अह्नाम्of days
अह्नाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
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