Rig Veda 1.39.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 39, Mantra 6
Sukta 1.39
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; needs scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उपो रथेषु पृषतीरयुग्ध्वं प्रष्टिर्वहति रोहितः । आ वो यामाय पृथिवी चिदश्रोदबीभयन्त मानुषाः ॥
Transliteration
upó ratheṣu pṛ́ṣatīr ayugdhvaṃ práṣṭir vahati róhitaḥ | ā́ vo yā́māya pṛthivī́ cid aśrod ábībhayanta mā́nuṣāḥ ||
Translation
พวกท่านได้ผูกเทียมม้าลายด่างเข้ากับรถศึก; ม้าสีแดงเรื่อเป็นผู้แบกคานรถ. เมื่อพวกท่านเสด็จมา แม้แผ่นดินก็ยังได้ยิน—และมนุษย์ทั้งหลายสั่นสะท้านในสำนึกของความเป็นมนุษย์.
Word by Word
उपोnear, up to (emphatic: indeed)
उपो:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
रथेषुon/in the chariots
रथेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
पृषतीःthe speckled (mares)
पृषतीः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृषती (प्रातिपदिक)
अयुग्ध्वम्you yoked
अयुग्ध्वम्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (धातु)
प्रष्टिःthe goad/whip (goading-rod)
प्रष्टिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्रष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
वहतिcarries, conveys
वहति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवह् (धातु)
रोहितःthe Roḥita (the red one; a steed/figure named Rohita)
रोहितः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरोहित (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
वःfor you (pl.)
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यामायfor the course/going, for the journey
यामाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootयाम (प्रातिपदिक)
पृथिवीthe Earth
पृथिवी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
अश्रोत्heard
अश्रोत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
अबीभयन्तthey feared, were afraid
अबीभयन्त:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootभी (धातु)
मानुषाःmen, mortals
मानुषाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
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