Rig Veda 4.26.6: Mandala 4, Sukta 26, Mantra 6
Sukta 4.26
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for RV 4.26–4.27)
Devata: Soma (with the Śyena myth as the operative power-image)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for this section; traditional metrical assignment)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ऋजीपी श्येनो ददमानो अंशुं परावतः शकुनो मन्द्रं मदम् । सोमं भरद्दादृहाणो देवावान्दिवो अमुष्मादुत्तरादादाय ॥
Transliteration
ṛjīpī śyéno dádāmāno aṃśúṃ parāvátaḥ śakunó mandráṃ mádam | sómaṃ bhárad dādr̥hāṇó devávān divó amúṣmād úttarād ādā́ya ||
Translation
ऋजीपी श्येनो ददमानोऽंशुं परावतः शकुनो मन्द्रं मदम् आनयत्। सोमं भरन् दादृहाणो देवावान्, दिवोऽमुष्मादुत्तराद् आदाय तम् आहरत्।
Word by Word
ऋजीपीऋजीपी (a name/epithet; the straight-winged one)
ऋजीपी:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootऋजीपि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ऋजि-’ + ‘पी’)
श्येनःthe falcon
श्येनः:
कर्तृ (ऋजीपी-स्य विशेषण/समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootश्येन-
ददमानःgiving, bestowing
ददमानः:
कर्तृ (कर्तरि वर्तमान-क्रिया)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√दा (दाने)
अंशुम्the Soma-stalk / Soma-plant
अंशुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअंशु-
परावतःfrom a far region, from afar
परावतः:
अपादान
TypeNoun (indeclinable-like in use here)
Rootपरावत्-
शकुनःthe bird
शकुनः:
कर्तृ (श्येनस्य समनाधिकरण/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootशकुन-
मन्द्रम्gladdening, pleasant
मन्द्रम्:
कर्म (मदम् इति विशेष्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्द्र-
मदम्intoxication, exhilaration
मदम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमद-
सोमम्Soma
सोमम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसोम-
भरत्he bore, he carried
भरत्:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: श्येनः/शकुनः)
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भरणे)
दादृहानःhaving made (himself) firm/steadfast; strengthening
दादृहानः:
कर्तृ (भरत् इति क्रियायाः सह)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√दृंह/दृह् (दृंहणे ‘to make firm, strengthen’)
देवावान्having the gods (as helpers), god-aided
देवावान्:
कर्तृ (श्येनस्य विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदेवावन्त्- (देव + वन्त्)
दिवःfrom heaven, from the sky
दिवः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्-
अमुष्मात्from that (yonder)
अमुष्मात्:
अपादान
TypePronoun
Rootअमुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उत्तरात्from the upper/northern region
उत्तरात्:
अपादान
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootउत्तर-
आदायhaving taken up, taking
आदाय:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (भरत् इत्यस्य)
TypeIndeclinable (gerund)
Rootआ-√दा (आदाने ‘to take up’)
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