Rig Veda 1.191.16 — Mandala 1, Sukta 191, Mantra 16
Sukta 1.191
Devata: Protective power that neutralizes scorpion-venom; mantra as devatā (vāg-śakti) functioning as antidote
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कुषुम्भकस्तदब्रवीद्गिरेः प्रवर्तमानकः । वृश्चिकस्यारसं विषमरसं वृश्चिक ते विषम् ॥
Transliteration
kuṣumbhakás tád abravīd giréḥ prá-vartamānakáḥ | vṛścíkasyārásaṃ víṣam árásaṃ vṛścika te víṣam ||
Translation
กุษุมภกะ (Kuṣumbhaka) กล่าวถ้อยคำนี้เมื่อก้าวออกมาจากภูเขา: “พิษของแมงป่องไร้แก่นสาร ไร้รสชาติ; แมงป่องเอ๋ย พิษของเจ้าจงไร้รส ไร้ฤทธิ์เถิด.”
Word by Word
कुषुम्भकःKushumbhaka (a being/person, subject)
कुषुम्भकः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकुषुम्भक (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that (this/that matter)
तत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अब्रवीत्said, spoke
अब्रवीत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
गिरेःof the mountain
गिरेः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रवर्तमानकःmoving/rolling forth; one that proceeds (from the mountain)
प्रवर्तमानकः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी
TypeAdjective/Noun (agentive epithet)
Rootप्र-√वृत् (धातु) → वर्तमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + -क
वृश्चिकस्यof the scorpion
वृश्चिकस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootवृश्चिक (प्रातिपदिक)
अरसम्tasteless; sapless; (figuratively) harmless
अरसम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-रस (प्रातिपदिक)
विषम्poison, venom
विषम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootविष (प्रातिपदिक)
अरसम्tasteless; sapless; harmless
अरसम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-रस (प्रातिपदिक)
वृश्चिकO scorpion
वृश्चिक:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootवृश्चिक (प्रातिपदिक)
तेthy, your
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विषम्poison, venom
विषम्:
कर्तृ/कर्म (वाक्य-रचना-अनुसार)
TypeNoun
Rootविष (प्रातिपदिक)
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