Rig Veda 10.74.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 74, Mantra 2
Sukta 10.74
Devata: Collective Devas/Vasus; Asura as lordly power operative among them
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
हव एषामसुरो नक्षत द्यां श्रवस्यता मनसा निंसत क्षाम् । चक्षाणा यत्र सुविताय देवा द्यौर्न वारेभिः कृणवन्त स्वैः ॥
Transliteration
háva eṣām ásuro nakṣata dyā́ṃ śravasyatā́ mánasā niṃsata kṣā́m | cákṣāṇā yátra suvitā́ya devā́ dyáur na vārébhiḥ kṛṇávanta sváiḥ ||
Translation
हव एषामसुरो नक्षत द्यां श्रवस्यता मनसा निंसत क्षाम् । चक्षाणा यत्र सुविताय देवा द्यौर्न वारेभिः कृणवन्त स्वैः ॥
Word by Word
हवःthe call / invocation
हवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहवस् (प्रातिपदिक) < √हू (आह्वाने)
एषाम्of these
एषाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
असुरःthe Asura (lordly being)
असुरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
नक्षत्reached / attained
नक्षत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√नक्ष् (व्याप्तौ/प्रापणे; वैदिक)
द्याम्heaven, the sky
द्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रवस्यताwith desire for fame / seeking glory
श्रवस्यता:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रवस्यत् (प्रातिपदिक; desiderative/possessive adj. from श्रवस्)
मनसाwith (his) mind
मनसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
निंसत्pressed down / smote
निंसत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√निस्/निंस् (हिंसायाम्/निन्दायाम्; वैदिक)
क्षाम्the earth / ground
क्षाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्षाम् (प्रातिपदिक)
चक्षाणाseeing / beholding
चक्षाणा:
Kartā (participial, agreeing with subject)
TypeParticiple
Root√चक्ष् (दर्शने) → चक्षाण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
सुवितायfor good passage / good fortune
सुविताय:
Sampradāna (purpose/benefit)
TypeNoun
Rootसुवित (प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यौःheaven (the sky)
द्यौः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike
न:
(संबन्ध/उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
वारेभिःwith coverings / protections (lit. screens, enclosures)
वारेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवार (प्रातिपदिक)
कृणवन्तthey made / fashioned
कृणवन्त:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे) → कृणवत् (वैदिक-प्रयोग)
स्वैःwith their own
स्वैः:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
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