Rig Veda 1.28.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 28, Mantra 5
Sukta 1.28
Devata: Ritual implement (Ulūkhala) in service of Indra/Soma context
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यच्चिद्धि त्वं गृहेगृह उलूखलक युज्यसे । इह द्युमत्तमं वद जयतामिव दुन्दुभिः ॥
Transliteration
yác ciddhí tváṃ gṛhé-gṛha ulū́khalaka yujyáse | ihá dyumáttamaṃ vada jayatā́m iva dundubhíḥ ||
Translation
Even if, O little mortar, you are used in house after house, here speak out the most luminous note—like the drum of those who win—so the inner victory may be affirmed.
Word by Word
यत्whatever; that which
यत्:
सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य (यत्-तत् सम्बन्धः; ‘यत् … तत्’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द
चित्even; indeed
चित्:
सम्बन्ध (बलवर्धक/अपि-अर्थे)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
हिfor; indeed
हि:
सम्बन्ध (हेतु/निश्चयार्थक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गृहे-गृहेin each house
गृहे-गृहे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
उलूखलकO mortar (for pounding)
उलूखलक:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootउलूखल (प्रातिपदिक) + क (सम्बोधन-रूप)
युज्यसेyou are yoked/put to use; you are employed
युज्यसे:
क्रिया (कर्तृ=त्वम्)
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (धातु; युजँ योगे) — आत्मनेपद
इहhere
इह:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
द्युमत्तमम्the most glorious; most splendid
द्युमत्तमम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootद्युमत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) < द्युम्/द्युत् (दीप्ति) + मतुप्; तमप् (सुपरलेटिव)
वदspeak; utter
वद:
क्रिया (आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Rootवद् (धातु; वदँ व्यक्तायां वाचि)
जयताम्let (them) win; may (they) be victorious
जयताम्:
क्रिया (आशीः/आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Rootजि (धातु; जि जय॑े) — परस्मैपद
इवlike; as
इव:
सम्बन्ध (उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
दुन्दुभिःwith drums; by drums
दुन्दुभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootदुन्दुभि (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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