Rig Veda 2.15.3: Mandala 2, Sukta 15, Mantra 3
Sukta 2.15
Rishi: Gṛtsamada
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सद्मेव प्राचो वि मिमाय मानैर्वज्रेण खान्यतृणन्नदीनाम् । वृथासृजत्पथिभिर्दीर्घयाथैः सोमस्य ता मद इन्द्रश्चकार ॥
Transliteration
sadmeva prāco vi mimāya mānair vajreṇa khāny atṛṇan nadīnām | vṛthā sṛjat pathibhir dīrghayāthaiḥ somasya tā made indraś cakāra ||
Translation
सोमस्य मदे इन्द्र एतानि चकार—सद्मेव प्राचो मानैर्विमिमाय; वज्रेण नदीनाां खानि अतृणत्। स दीर्घयाथैः पथिभिः ताः वृथा असृजत्।
Word by Word
सद्मा(like) a dwelling/abode
सद्मा:
कर्म (उपमान-रूपेण) / क्रियाविशेषणवत्
TypeNoun
Rootसद्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) < √सद्/सीद् (to sit, settle) → ‘seat, abode’
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
प्राचःthe foreparts/fronts (forward spaces)
प्राचः:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्राच् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘eastern/forward’
विapart, asunder
वि:
—
TypePreverb
Rootवि
मिमायmeasured out
मिमाय:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मा (माने/मिमीते) ‘to measure’
मानैःwith measures/standards
मानैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमान (प्रातिपदिक) ‘measure, standard’
वज्रेणwith the thunderbolt
वज्रेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक) ‘thunderbolt’
खानिopenings/channels
खानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootख (प्रातिपदिक) ‘hole, opening; channel’
अतृणत्he bored through / he cleft
अतृणत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√तृण्/तॄ (to pierce, bore through; to overcome) [Vedic]
नदीनाम्of the rivers
नदीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / कर्म-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootनदी (प्रातिपदिक) ‘river’
वृथाfreely, without obstruction; at will
वृथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवृथा
असृजत्he released/let flow
असृजत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√सृज् (to let go, release, send forth)
पथिभिःby/through paths (courses)
पथिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootपथि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘path, course’
दीर्घयाथैःwith long courses/long tracks
दीर्घयाथैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootदीर्घयाथ (प्रातिपदिक) ‘long course/long journey’ (दीर्घ + याथ) [Vedic compound]
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक) ‘Soma’
तत्that (deed/that state)
तत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
मदेin (the) exhilaration
मदे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक) ‘intoxication, exhilaration’
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चकारdid, accomplished
चकार:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (to do, make)
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