Rig Veda 1.25.16: Mandala 1, Sukta 25, Mantra 16
Sukta 1.25
Rishi: वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha) (traditional attribution for RV 1.25)
Devata: वरुण (Varuṇa) (as उरुचक्षस् ‘wide-seeing’)
Chandas: त्रिष्टुभ् (Triṣṭubh)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
परा मे यन्ति धीतयो गावो न गव्यूतीरनु । इच्छन्तीरुरुचक्षसम् ॥
Transliteration
párā me yanti dhītáyo gā́vo ná gavyūtī́r ánu | icchántīr uru-cákṣasam ||
Translation
กระแสความคิดของข้าพเจ้าแล่นออกไป ดุจฝูงโคตามทางเล็มหญ้า; มุ่งแสวงหาผู้มีทัศนะกว้างไกล (Urucakṣas)
Word by Word
पराaway, forth
परा:
Adhikaraṇa (गति/दिशा-निर्देश) अथवा क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मेof me, my
मे:
सम्बन्ध (possessor: ‘my’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
यन्तिgo, move
यन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootया (याति)
धीतयःthoughts, hymns/insights
धीतयः:
Kartā (of यन्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootधीति- (from √धी ‘to think/meditate’)
गावःcows
गावः:
Kartā (उपमान-रूपेण; ‘like cows’)
TypeNoun
Rootगो-
नlike, as
न:
सम्बन्ध (उपमा-सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
गव्यूतीःcow-paths, tracks, ways
गव्यूतीः:
Karma (goal/track followed: ‘cow-tracks/paths’)
TypeNoun
Rootगव्यूति-
अनुalong, after, following
अनु:
क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्गार्थ (following)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
इच्छन्तीःdesiring, seeking
इच्छन्तीः:
Kartā (धीतयः के विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple
Root√इष् (इच्छति) → इच्छन्ती (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
उरुचक्षसम्the wide-seeing one (Varuṇa)
उरुचक्षसम्:
Karma (object of इच्छन्तीः)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootउरु- + चक्षस्- (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास; ‘wide-eyed/with wide sight’)
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