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Rig Veda 2.11.8: Mandala 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 8

Sukta 2.11

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
Devata: Indra (with Mothers/waters as associated powers)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

नि पर्वतः साद्यप्रयुच्छन्त्सं मातृभिर्वावशानो अक्रान् । दूरे पारे वाणीं वर्धयन्त इन्द्रेषितां धमनिं पप्रथन्नि ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 2.11.8

ní párvataḥ sā́di áprāyucchan sáṃ mātṛ́bhiḥ vāvaśā́nō akrān | dūrḗ pāré vā́ṇīṃ vardháyanta índrēṣitāṃ dhámaniṃ paprathán ní ||

పర్వతం కింద కూర్చుంది; ఇక ఆపలేకపోయింది; మాతృభిః (మాతృగణం) తో కలిసి, ఉత్సుకతతోనూ ప్రేరణతోనూ అది కదిలింది. దూరంగా, అవతలి తీరంలో, వారు వాణీని వృద్ధి చేశారు; ఇంద్ర-ప్రేరితంగా వారు ధమనిన్ (ప్రాణ/ధార యొక్క నాడీ-మార్గం) ను విస్తరించి దృఢంగా స్థాపించారు.

निdown; forth; into (as preverb)
नि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga) / ni (avyaya)
पर्वतःthe mountain
पर्वतः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (prātipadika)
साद्यimmediately; at once
साद्य:
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial) / Adjective (used adverbially)
Rootसाद्य (prātipadika; from √सद् ‘sit/settle’ with -य, ‘to be sat/settled’ > ‘immediately/at once’ in Vedic usage)
अप्रयुच्छन्they did not cease / did not hold back
अप्रयुच्छन्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√युज्/युच्छ् (Vedic; ‘to hold back/stop/cease’) with privative a-
सम्together; completely
सम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (upasarga)
मातृभिःwith (their) mothers
मातृभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (prātipadika)
वावशानःeager; longing
वावशानः:
Kartā (of following verb)
TypeParticiple
Root√वश् (Vedic) / desiderative-intens. sense ‘to long for, be eager’ (kṛdanta)
अक्रान्he strode; he stepped
अक्रान्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√क्रम् (to stride, step) with augment a-
दूरेfar away
दूरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (used adverbially)
Rootदूर (prātipadika)
पारेon the farther side; beyond
पारे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपार (prātipadika)
वाणीम्voice; speech
वाणीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाणी (prātipadika)
वर्धयन्तःincreasing; causing to grow
वर्धयन्तः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√वृध् (to grow, increase)
इन्द्रेषिताम्impelled by Indra
इन्द्रेषिताम्:
TypeAdjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
Rootइन्द्र + √इष् (to impel) > इषित (ppp) (prātipadika)
धमनिम्channel; conduit; stream-course
धमनिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधमनि (prātipadika; ‘channel, conduit, vein/stream-bed’)
पप्रथन्they spread out; they extended
पप्रथन्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√प्रथ् (to spread, extend)
निdown; forth; into
नि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga) / ni (avyaya)

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