Rig Veda 10.76.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 76, Mantra 7
Sukta 10.76
Rishi: Traditionally attributed to a seer of the late tenth maṇḍala (as per Anukramaṇī for RV 10.76); exact rishi not supplied in input
Devata: Soma and the pressing powers (Adri/Grāvāṇaḥ); implicitly Indra as Soma-drinker
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सुन्वन्ति सोमं रथिरासो अद्रयो निरस्य रसं गविषो दुहन्ति ते । दुहन्त्यूधरुपसेचनाय कं नरो हव्या न मर्जयन्त आसभिः ॥
Transliteration
sunvánti sómaṃ rathirā́so ádrayo nír asya rásaṃ gavíṣo duhanti té | duhánty ū́dhar upa-sécanāya káṃ naro havyā́ ná marjayanta ā́sabhiḥ ||
Translation
सुन्वन्ति सोमं रथिरासो अद्रयो निरस्य रसं गविषो दुहन्ति ते। दुहन्त्यूधरुपसेचनाय कं नरो हव्या न मर्जयन्त आसभिः॥
Word by Word
सुन्वन्तिthey press (out)
सुन्वन्ति:
(क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Root√सु (सुनोति)
सोमम्Soma (juice)
सोमम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसोम-
रथिरासःthe charioteers / men of the chariot
रथिरासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (agentive/epithet)
Rootरथिर-
अद्रयःthe pressing-stones
अद्रयः:
कर्तृ (सहकर्तृ/करण-भावेन)
TypeNoun
Rootअद्रि-
निरस्यhaving driven/struck out
निरस्य:
(पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनिर् + √अस् (अस्यति)
रसम्the sap/juice
रसम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरस-
गविषःthe cow-seekers (prize-seekers)
गविषः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगविष्-
दुहन्तिthey milk/draw
दुहन्ति:
(क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Root√दुह् (दोग्धि)
तेthey / those
ते:
कर्तृ (अनुवृत्ति)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम)
दुहन्तिthey milk/draw
दुहन्ति:
(क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Root√दुह् (दोग्धि)
ऊधरम्the udder
ऊधरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootऊधर-
उपसेचनायfor moistening/sprinkling
उपसेचनाय:
सम्प्रदान (प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun (action noun)
Rootउप-सेचन- (उप + √सिच् ‘to sprinkle/pour’)
कम्whom? / which (one)?
कम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootक- (सर्वनाम/प्रश्न)
नरःmen
नरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootनर-
हव्यानिoblations (things to be invoked/offered)
हव्यानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootहव्य-
नnot / like (in simile-context)
न:
(सम्बन्धक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
मर्जयन्तेthey cleanse/purify themselves / they make clean
मर्जयन्ते:
(क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Root√मृज् (मार्जयति)
आसभिःwith (their) mouths
आसभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootआस- (बहुवचन ‘mouths’/‘faces’ in Vedic usage)
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