Rig Veda 7.104.10: Mandala 7, Sukta 104, Mantra 10
Sukta 7.104
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional)
Devata: Agni (addressed within the Indra-Soma hymn complex)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो नो रसं दिप्सति पित्वो अग्ने यो अश्वानां यो गवां यस्तनूनाम् । रिपुः स्तेनः स्तेयकृद्दभ्रमेतु नि ष हीयतां तन्वा तना च ॥
Transliteration
yó no rásaṃ dípsati pitvó agne yó aśvā́nāṃ yó gavā́ṃ yás tanū́nām | ripúḥ stenáḥ steyakṛ́d dábhram etu ní ṣá hīyatāṃ tanvā́ tanā́ ca ||
Translation
यो नो रसं दिप्सति पित्वो अग्ने यो अश्वानां यो गवां यस्तनूनाम् । रिपुः स्तेनः स्तेयकृद्दभ्रमेतु नि ष हीयतां तन्वा तना च ॥
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
कर्तृ (सापेक्ष-सम्बन्धः) / विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘our/of us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
रसम्sap, juice, essence
रसम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरस-
दिप्सतिdesires to seize/steal (covets)
दिप्सति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootदिप्स् (इच्छार्थक-धातु; desiderative sense ‘to wish to harm/steal’)
पित्वःof nourishment/food
पित्वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootपित्व- (पि- ‘to swell/be full’ > ‘nourishment, food’; prātipadika)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि-
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (सापेक्ष-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अश्वानाम्of horses
अश्वानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व-
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (सापेक्ष-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गवाम्of cows
गवाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootगो-
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (सापेक्ष-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तनूनाम्of bodies/persons
तनूनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootतनू-
रिपुःenemy
रिपुः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (apposition to ‘यः’)
TypeNoun
Rootरिपु-
स्तेनःthief
स्तेनः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तेन-
स्तेयकृत्one who commits theft
स्तेयकृत्:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (apposition)
TypeAgent noun (participle-like) / Noun
Rootस्तेय- + कृ (कृदन्त: कृत्-प्रत्यय ‘-कृत्’)
दभ्रमेतिmay he come to little / be reduced
दभ्रमेति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb (compound predicate) / Kṛdanta-like usage
Rootदभ्र- (अल्प ‘little’) + मा (धातु ‘to measure/mete’; here as verb ‘to be diminished/come to little’)
निdown, away
नि:
क्रियाविशेषण (directional)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम)
हीयताम्let him be abandoned / let him fall away
हीयताम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootहा (धातु; आत्मनेपद ‘to leave, be abandoned, fall short’)
तन्वाwith (his) body
तन्वा:
करण (instrumental: ‘with/in his body’)
TypeNoun
Rootतनू-
तनाcontinually, in due course
तना:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतना (अव्यय; ‘in succession, continuously’; also used as adverb)
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
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