Rig Veda 10.172.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 172, Mantra 1
Sukta 10.172
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ याहि वनसा सह गावः सचन्त वर्तनिं यदूधभिः ॥
Transliteration
ā́ yāhi vánasā sahá gā́vaḥ sacanta vartaním yád ū́dhbhiḥ ||
Translation
వనసా (ఆనంద-శక్తి)తో ఇక్కడికి రా; పాలు-సమృద్ధమైన తమ ఉదరాలతో నిండినప్పుడు, ఈ ‘గావః’—దీప్తిమంతమైన కిరణాలు—మార్గంతో కలిసి ఆ పథాన్ని అనుసరించుగాక.
Word by Word
आhither, towards (here)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
याहिcome! / go hither!
याहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) / yā ‘to go’
वनसाwith wood / with (forest-)wood
वनसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक) / vana ‘wood, forest’
सहtogether with
सह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय) / saha
गावःthe cows
गावः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक) / go ‘cow’
सचन्तेthey accompany / they follow
सचन्ते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसच् (धातु) / sac ‘to accompany, follow, attach’
वर्तनिम्the path, track
वर्तनिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर्तनि (प्रातिपदिक) / vartani ‘track, path’
यत्when / that which
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (relative) / Pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / yad
ऊधभिःwith udders
ऊधभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऊधन् (प्रातिपदिक) / ū́dhan ‘udder’
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