Rig Veda 10.104.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 104, Mantra 4
Sukta 10.104
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ऊती शचीवस्तव वीर्येण वयो दधाना उशिज ऋतज्ञाः । प्रजावदिन्द्र मनुषो दुरोणे तस्थुर्गृणन्तः सधमाद्यासः ॥
Transliteration
ūtī́ śacīvas táva vī́ryeṇa váyo dádhānā uśíja ṛtájñāḥ | prajā́vad índra mánuṣo duróṇe tasthúr gṛṇántaḥ sadhamā́dyāsaḥ ||
Translation
ऊती शचीवस्तव वीर्येण वयो दधानाः उशिज ऋतज्ञाः। प्रजावदिन्द्र मनुषो दुरोणे तस्थुर्गृणन्तः सधमाद्यासः॥
Word by Word
ऊतीwith (your) two helps/protections
ऊती:
करण (सहायत्वेन)
TypeNoun
Rootऊति- (प्रातिपदिक; √अव्/√ऊ? पारम्पर्येण ‘अव्’ रक्षणे → ऊति ‘सहायता/रक्षा’)
शचीवःO mighty/skillful one (Indra)
शचीवः:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootशचीवत्- (प्रातिपदिक; शची ‘शक्ति/कौशल’ + वत्)
तवof you/your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
वीर्येणby (your) might/heroic power
वीर्येण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवीर्य- (प्रातिपदिक)
वयःvital strength / vigor
वयः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवयस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
दधानाःbearing/holding
दधानाः:
कर्तृ
TypeParticiple
Root√धा (दधाति) धारणे
उशिजःthe Uśij-s (a ritual people/clan; worshippers)
उशिजः:
कर्तृ (दधानाः इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootउशिज्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘उशिज्’ यजमान/यज्ञकामी/उषः-सम्बद्धः—वेदिक जनसमूह-नाम)
ऋतज्ञाःknowers of ṛta (cosmic order)
ऋतज्ञाः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootऋतज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक; ऋत ‘ऋत/सत्य-नियम’ + ज्ञ ‘जानन्’)
प्रजावत्(making it) rich in offspring; with progeny
प्रजावत्:
कर्म-विशेषण/क्रियाविशेषण
TypeAdjective (used adverbially)
Rootप्रजावत्- (प्रातिपदिक; प्रजा + वत्)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
मनुषःof Manu (the ancestral man)
मनुषः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootमनु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मनु’ आदिपुरुष/मानव)
दुरोणेin the house/dwelling
दुरोणे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootदुरोण- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘घर/गृह/आवास’)
तस्थुःthey have stood / took their stand
तस्थुः:
कर्तृ-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (तिष्ठति) स्थितौ
गृणन्तःpraising/singing
गृणन्तः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeParticiple
Root√गॄ/√गृ (गृणाति) स्तुतौ
सधमाद्याःcompanions at the common revel/feast (soma-session companions)
सधमाद्याः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण/समूह-नाम
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसधमाद्य- (प्रातिपदिक; सध ‘सह’ + माद्य ‘मद/उत्सव/सोमपान-सम्बद्ध’)
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