Rig Veda 6.27.7: Mandala 6, Sukta 27, Mantra 7
Sukta 6.27
Rishi: Bharadvāja (traditional)
Devata: Indra (with heroic-human names as narrative agents)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्य गावावरुषा सूयवस्यू अन्तरू षु चरतो रेरिहाणा । स सृञ्जयाय तुर्वशं परादाद्वृचीवतो दैववाताय शिक्षन् ॥
Transliteration
yásya gā́vā aruṣā́ suyavasyū antár ū ṣú cárato rérihāṇā | sá sṛ́ñjayāya turváśaṃ párā adād vṛcī́vato daivavātā́ya śíkṣan ||
Translation
He whose two cows, ruddy and rich in good pasture, move within, licking again and again—he gave Turvaśa away to Sṛñjaya, training Daivavāta against Vṛcīvant.
Word by Word
यस्यof whom/whose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गावःcows
गावः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
अवरुषाःunharmed, uninjured
अवरुषाः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअवरुष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘not injured/harmless, unharmed’)
सूयवस्युःseeking good pasture
सूयवस्युः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसू-यवस्-यु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘desiring good pasture/grass’)
अन्तरूwithin, in between
अन्तरू:
अधिकरण (स्थान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तर (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-स्वरूप; here as adverbial ‘within/in between’)
षुindeed, just (emphatic particle)
षु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootषु (निपात)
चरतःthey two move/roam
चरतः:
क्रिया (कर्तृ=गावः)
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (धातु)
रेरिहाणाlicking (as they roam)
रेरिहाणा:
कर्तृ (कर्तरि वर्तमान-क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootरिह् (धातु) with reduplication (रे-रिह्) + शानच्
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सृञ्जयायto Sṛñjaya
सृञ्जयाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeProper noun
Rootसृञ्जय (प्रातिपदिक; जन/राजन्-नाम)
तुर्वशम्Turvaśa
तुर्वशम्:
कर्म
TypeProper noun
Rootतुर्वश (प्रातिपदिक; जन/राजन्-नाम)
परादात्gave away, bestowed
परादात्:
क्रिया (कर्तृ=सः; कर्म=तुर्वशम्)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु) with preverb परा-
वृचीवतःof the Vṛcī-armed/weapon-bearing one
वृचीवतः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootवृचीवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘possessing the Vṛcī/weapon’, epithet)
दैववातायto Daivavāta
दैववाताय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeProper noun
Rootदैववात (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
शिक्षन्instructing, guiding
शिक्षन्:
कर्तृ (कर्तरि वर्तमान-क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootशिक्ष् (धातु)
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