Rig Veda 1.141.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 141, Mantra 4
Sukta 1.141
Rishi: Dīrghatamas Āucathya (traditional, subject to recension)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र यत्पितुः परमान्नीयते पर्या पृक्षुधो वीरुधो दंसु रोहति । उभा यदस्य जनुषं यदिन्वत आदिद्यविष्ठो अभवद्घृणा शुचिः ॥
Transliteration
prá yat pitúḥ paramā́n nīyáte páry ā́ pṛkṣúdhó vīrúdhó dáṃsu rohati | ubhā́ yád asya jánuṣaṃ yád ínvata ād íd yáviṣṭho abhavad ghṛṇā́ śúciḥ ||
Translation
यत् स परमान् पितुः प्र नीयते, तदा परितः पृक्षुधो वीरुधो दंसु रोहन्ति। उभे यदस्य जनुषी यद् इन्वते, तदा एव यविष्ठः शुचिः घृणा दीप्तः अभवत्।
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
यत्which, that
यत्:
Karma (of नीयते) / correl. with यद् below
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-stem)
पितुःof the father
पितुः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (prātipadika)
परमात्from the highest (place/state)
परमात्:
Apādāna (source: ‘from the highest…’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपरम (adj. prātipadika)
नीयतेis led, is brought
नीयते:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootनी (√नी) + ya (passive)
परिaround, all around
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (upasarga)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
पृक्षुधःnourishments, strengthening foods (lit. ‘growth-givers’)
पृक्षुधः:
Karma (object of रोहति)
TypeNoun
Rootपृक्षुध् (prātipadika)
वीरुधःplants, herbs
वीरुधः:
Karma (co-object of रोहति)
TypeNoun
Rootवीरुध् (prātipadika)
दंसुःthe wondrous one, the doer of marvels
दंसुः:
Kartā (subject of रोहति)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदंसु (prātipadika)
रोहतिgrows, springs up
रोहति:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootरुह् (√रुह्)
उभाboth
उभा:
Karma (object of इन्वत)
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootउभ (prātipadika)
यत्when/that which
यत्:
— (connective/correlative)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-stem)
अस्यof him, of this one
अस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (sarvanāma-stem)
जनुषम्birth, origin, kinship
जनुषम्:
Karma (with उभा … जनुषम् as ‘both births/kinships’)
TypeNoun
Rootजनुष (prātipadika)
यत्when/that which
यत्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-stem)
इन्वतimpelled, set in motion
इन्वत:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootइ (√इ / √इन्व् ‘to set in motion, impel’)
आत्then, thereupon
आत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआत् (particle, from ad)
इद्indeed, just
इद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (particle)
यविष्ठःthe youngest (most youthful)
यविष्ठः:
Kartā (with अभवत)
TypeAdjective
Rootयविष्ठ (superlative adj. prātipadika; from यव/युवा- ‘young’ in Vedic usage)
अभवत्became
अभवत्:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (√भू)
घृणाglow, ardor, heat (radiance)
घृणा:
Karaṇa (means/with: ‘with glow/heat’)
TypeNoun
Rootघृणा (prātipadika)
शुचिःbright, pure, shining
शुचिः:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (predicate adjective to यविष्ठः)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (adj. prātipadika)
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