Rig Veda 1.140.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 140, Mantra 6
Sukta 1.140
Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (traditional; verify)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Jagatī or Triṣṭubh (uncertain; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
भूषन्न योऽधि बभ्रूषु नम्नते वृषेव पत्नीरभ्येति रोरुवत् । ओजायमानस्तन्वश्च शुम्भते भीमो न शृङ्गा दविधाव दुर्गृभिः ॥
Transliteration
bhūṣan na yo adhi babhrūṣu namnate vṛṣā-iva patnīr abhy eti roruvat | ojāyamānas tanvaś ca śumbhate bhīmo na śṛṅgā davidhāva duḥ-gṛbhiḥ ||
Translation
भूषण् स ताम्रवर्णेषु रूपेषु नम्नते; वृष इव रोरुवन् पत्नीः अभ्येति। ओजायमानः स्वाः तन्वः शुम्भते; भीमो न शृङ्गाणि, दुर्गृभिः सह दविधाव।
Word by Word
भूषन्O Pūṣan
भूषन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootभूषण् (प्रातिपदिक; संबोधन-रूप)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon, over
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअधि
बभ्रूषुon the eyebrows (brow-ridges)
बभ्रूषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootबभ्रूषु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘भ्रू’/‘भ्रूषु’ = भौंह/भ्रू-प्रदेश; बहुवचन-आधार)
नम्नतेbows, bends
नम्नते:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootनम्
वृषाa bull
वृषा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
पत्नीःwives
पत्नीः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिtowards
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअभि
एतिgoes, approaches
एति:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootइ
रोरुवत्roaring
रोरुवत्:
Kartā (qualifier)
TypeVerbal adjective (present participial in -वत्)
Rootरु (Intensive/Reduplicated stem रोरु-)
ओजायमानःgrowing strong, waxing in might
ओजायमानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootओजाय (denom. from ओजस्) / ओजायते
तन्वःof (his) body, in body
तन्वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
शुम्भतेadorns himself, shines
शुम्भते:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootशुभ्
भीमःterrible
भीमः:
Kartā (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootभीम (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
शृङ्गाhorns
शृङ्गा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
दविधावhas rushed, has run forth
दविधाव:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootधाव् (with preverb दवि- as Vedic intensifier/iterative nuance)
दुर्गृभिःwith hard-graspers / with difficult-to-hold (ones)
दुर्गृभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective (collective epithet)
Rootदुर्गृभि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दुर्-गृभि’ = hard to seize/with bad grasp; instrumental plural)
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