Rig Veda 10.34.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 34, Mantra 4
Sukta 10.34
Rishi: Kavasha Ailūṣa (traditional)
Devata: Akṣāḥ (Dice)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अन्ये जायां परि मृशन्त्यस्य यस्यागृधद्वेदने वाज्यक्षः । पिता माता भ्रातर एनमाहुर्न जानीमो नयता बद्धमेतम् ॥
Transliteration
ánye jāyā́m pári mṛśanty asya yásyā́gṛdhad védane vājí akṣáḥ | pitā́ mātā́ bhrā́tara enam āhur ná jānīmo náyata baddhám etám ||
Translation
Others touch and take his wife about him—his, whom the eager dice has seized for the winning. Father, mother, brothers say of him: ‘We do not know him; lead him away, bound.’
Word by Word
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
जायाम्wife
जायाम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootजाया (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround, about
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (Preverb/Adverb)
Rootपरि
मृशन्तिthey touch/handle
मृशन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootमृश् (धातु)
अस्यof him
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्य
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → यस्य
आगृधत्he became greedy/longed
आगृधत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगृध् (धातु) + आ-
वेदनेin the winning/at the stake (game)
वेदने:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootवेदन (प्रातिपदिक) < √विद्/√वेद् (to know) (नामधातु-निर्मित)
वाजि-अक्षःthe dice-player (whose ‘axles’/dice are swift/impelling)
वाजि-अक्षः:
कर्तृ
TypeCompound Noun (Tatpuruṣa/Karmadhāraya)
Rootवाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
पिताfather
पिता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
माताmother
माता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
भ्रातरःbrothers
भ्रातरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
एनम्him
एनम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनम्
आहुःthey have said / they say
आहुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअह्/ब्रू (धातु; वैदिक प्रयोग ‘आहुः’)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
जानीमःwe know
जानीमः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु)
नयतlead (you all)
नयत:
—
TypeVerb (imperative)
Rootनी (धातु)
बद्धम्bound
बद्धम्:
कर्म
TypeParticiple (Past Passive) used adjectivally
Rootबद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) < √बन्ध्
एतम्this one
एतम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एतम्
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