Rig Veda 1.126.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 126, Mantra 7
Sukta 1.126
Rishi: Kakṣīvān Dairghatamasa (attributed within the hymn)
Devata: Dānastuti (humorous/self-referential closing; gift-boast)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (probable; shorter, epigrammatic)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उपोप मे परा मृश मा मे दभ्राणि मन्यथाः । सर्वाहमस्मि रोमशा गन्धारीणामिवाविका ॥
Transliteration
upópa me párā mṛśa mā́ me dabhrā́ṇi manyathāḥ | sárvāham asmi romaśā́ gandhārī́ṇām ivāvikā́ ||
Translation
Touch me again and again, stroke me fully—do not think my gifts are small. I am wholly rich and woolly, like a Gandhārī ewe: complete in substance, complete in yield.
Word by Word
उपnear, towards (prefix: ‘up/near’)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
उपnear, towards (repeated for emphasis: ‘quite near’)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
मेto me / my
मे:
Sampradāna (to me) / Possessor (gen.)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
पराaway, forth, aside
परा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
मृशtouch!, stroke!, handle!
मृश:
(implicit) क्रिया; कर्ता = त्वम्
TypeVerb
Rootमृश्
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध)
मेto me / my
मे:
Sampradāna (to me) / Possessor (gen.)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
दभ्राणिsmall things; trifles; slight (matters)
दभ्राणि:
Karma (object of ‘think/consider’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootदभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मन्यथाःyou think; you suppose
मन्यथाः:
(implicit) क्रिया; कर्ता = त्वम्; कर्म = दभ्राणि
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (मन्यते)
सर्वाentire; wholly
सर्वा:
Kartā (with ‘अस्मि’)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अस्मिam
अस्मि:
क्रिया (copula)
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
रोमशाhairy; woolly
रोमशा:
Kartā (predicate nominative with ‘अस्मि’)
TypeAdjective
Rootरोमश (प्रातिपदिक)
गन्धारीणाम्of the Gandhārī women (women of Gandhāra)
गन्धारीणाम्:
Possessor/Genitive relation (of the Gandhārī women)
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धारी (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अविकाa ewe; a sheep
अविका:
Kartā (in simile; predicate complement) / Upamāna
TypeNoun
Rootअविका (प्रातिपदिक)
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