Rig Veda 10.39.13: Mandala 10, Sukta 39, Mantra 13

Sukta 10.39

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Jagati (probable for many Aśvin hymns; exact metrical confirmation needed)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ता वर्तिर्यातं जयुषा वि पर्वतमपिन्वतं शयवे धेनुमश्विना । वृकस्य चिद्वर्तिकामन्तरास्याद्युवं शचीभिर्ग्रसिताममुञ्चतम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.39.13

Transliteration

tā́ vartír yātaṃ jayúṣā ví párvatam ápinvataṃ śayáve dhénum aśvinā | vṛ́kasya cid vartikā́m ántarā́syād yuváṃ śácībhiḥ grasitā́m amuñcatam ||

Translation

โอ อัศวินทั้งสอง ด้วยหนทางแห่งชัยชนะนั้นท่านได้มาและผ่าเขา; เพื่อศายุ (Śayu) ท่านทำให้โคนมแห่งความอุดมสมบูรณ์พองเต็มหลั่งไหล. แม้อยู่ภายในปากหมาป่า ท่านก็ด้วยฤทธิ์อันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ (śacī) ปลดปล่อยนกกระทาที่ถูกกลืนให้หลุดพ้น.

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Word by Word

• ताः: those (two/these), they
• ताः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्तिः: the course/track (path)
• वर्तिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ति- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मार्ग/पथ/वृत्ति’)

• यातम्: go, proceed (you two)
• यातम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb (imperative) / verbal form
• Root: या (धातु) / याता- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• जयुषा: with victory / by winning
• जयुषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘विजय/जित’)

• वि: apart, asunder, forth
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• पर्वतम्: the mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also; moreover
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• इन्वतम्: you two set in motion / impelled
• इन्वतम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इन्/इन्व् (धातु; ‘प्रेरणे/बलवर्धने’)

• शयवे: to Śayu (a person/recipient)
• शयवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: शयु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शयु/शयु-नाम’)

• धेनुम्: a cow
• धेनुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two)
• अश्विना: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन्- (प्रातिपदिक; द्विवचन-देवता)

• वृकस्य: of the wolf
• वृकस्य: (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक- (प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय/निपात)

• वर्तिकाम्: the quail (vartikā)
• वर्तिकाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्तिका- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वर्तिका/क्वेल’)

• अन्तरास्यात्: from within the mouth / from between the jaws
• अन्तरास्यात्: Apādāna
• Type: Compound/indeclinable phrase
• Root: अन्तर (अव्यय/उपसर्गीय) + आस्य (प्रातिपदिक ‘मुख’)

• युवम्: you two
• युवम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शचीभिः: with (your) powers/skills
• शचीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शक्ति/कौशल/कर्म’)

• ग्रसिताम्: (her) who had been swallowed
• ग्रसिताम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: ग्रस् (धातु) → ग्रसित- (कृदन्त)

• अमुञ्चतम्: you two released, set free
• अमुञ्चतम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु; ‘मोचने’) + अ (अगम)