Rig Veda 1.177.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 177, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.177
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ तिष्ठ रथं वृषणं वृषा ते सुतः सोमः परिषिक्ता मधूनि । युक्त्वा वृषभ्यां वृषभ क्षितीनां हरिभ्यां याहि प्रवतोप मद्रिक् ॥
Transliteration
ā́ tíṣṭha ráthaṃ vṛ́ṣaṇaṃ vṛ́ṣā te sutáḥ sómaḥ pári-siktā mádhūni | yuktvā́ vṛ́ṣa-bhyāṃ vṛṣabha kṣitīnā́ṃ háribhyāṃ yāhi prá-vatopá madrík ||
Translation
आ तिष्ठ रथं वृषणं वृषा ते सुतः सोमः परिषिक्ता मधूनि। युक्त्वा वृषभ्यां वृषभ क्षितीनां हरिभ्यां याहि प्रवतोप मद्रिक्॥
Word by Word
आhither; forth (towards)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
तिष्ठmount! stand!
तिष्ठ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (तिष्ठति)
रथम्chariot
रथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (prātipadika)
वृषणम्strong; virile; mighty
वृषणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवृषण (prātipadika)
वृषाthe bull (mighty one)
वृषा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवृषन्/वृष (prātipadika)
तेof you; your
ते:
—
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (pronoun)
सुतःpressed; expressed
सुतः:
Kartā (with सोमः)
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootसु (dhātu) → सुत (PPP)
सोमःSoma (the pressed sacred drink)
सोमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (prātipadika)
परिषिक्ताःpoured around; sprinkled; mixed
परिषिक्ताः:
Kartā/Viśeṣaṇa
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootसिच् (dhātu) + परि- → परिषिक्त (PPP)
मधूनिsweet draughts; honeyed drinks
मधूनि:
Kartā (with implied ‘are’) / Karma (contextual)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (prātipadika)
युक्त्वाhaving yoked
युक्त्वा:
—
TypeVerbal Indeclinable
Rootयुज् (dhātu) → युक्त्वा (absolutive)
वृषभ्याम्with the two bulls (i.e., two steeds)
वृषभ्याम्:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ (prātipadika)
वृषभO bull! (mighty one)
वृषभ:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootवृषभ (prātipadika)
क्षितीनाम्of the peoples; of the lands
क्षितीनाम्:
—
TypeNoun
Rootक्षिति (prātipadika)
हरिभ्याम्with the two bay (tawny) horses
हरिभ्याम्:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (prātipadika)
याहिgo! come! drive!
याहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (dhātu)
प्रवत उपup to the slope(s)/downhill course; towards the descents
प्रवत उप:
Adhikaraṇa (with motion)
TypeNoun + Indeclinable
Rootप्रवत् (prātipadika) + उप (avyaya)
मद्रिक्towards the Madra-region / in the Madra-direction (as a directional adverb)
मद्रिक्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमद्रिक् (directional indeclinable, RV)
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