Rig Veda 1.116.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 116, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.116
Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa
Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वीळुपत्मभिराशुहेमभिर्वा देवानां वा जूतिभिः शाशदाना । तद्रासभो नासत्या सहस्रमाजा यमस्य प्रधने जिगाय ॥
Transliteration
vīḷupátmabhir āśuhémabhir vā devā́nāṃ vā jūtíbhiḥ śā́śadānā | tád rāsábho nāsatyā sahásram ā́jā yámasya pradháne jigāya ||
Translation
或以坚实飞驰的步伐，或以迅疾如金的冲力，或以诸神自身速度的奔涌，不断迫进——如此，哦那萨提亚二神，那驴在阎摩的竞赛中赢得一千。愿你们的神力也在我们之中取胜，从限制与趋死的习惯之域赢得丰厚的力量。
Word by Word
वीळुपत्मभिःwith swift/rolling (vehicles/means) called vīḷupatman-
वीळुपत्मभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवीळुपत्म (प्रातिपदिक; दुर्व्युत्पत्तिः/वैदिक-विशेषः)
आशुहेमभिःwith quick-golden (horses/means), with swift shining ones
आशुहेमभिः:
करण
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootआशुहेम (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-विशेषः)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
जूतिभिःwith speeds, with swift impulses
जूतिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootजूति
शाशदानाःhastening, speeding onward
शाशदानाः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeParticiple (Adjective) / Verb-derived
Root√शद् (शदँ गतौ/हिंसायाम्; वैदिक), शाशदाना = वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्रकारः)
तत्that
तत्:
कर्म/सम्बन्ध (सन्दर्भानुसार ‘that (deed/act)’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
रासभःthe ass (Rāsabha, the donkey)
रासभः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootरासभ
नासत्याO Nāsatyas (Aśvins)
नासत्या:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (dual deity-name)
Rootनासत्य (अश्विनौ)
सहस्रम्a thousand
सहस्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective (numeral)
Rootसहस्र
आजाĀjā (a person/hero named Ājā)
आजा:
कर्तृ (जिगाय इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootआजा (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-विशेषः, ‘goat/driver/contestant’ इत्यादि व्याख्येय)
यमस्यof Yama
यमस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootयम
प्रधनेin the contest, in the battle
प्रधने:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootप्रधन
जिगायwon, conquered
जिगाय:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√जि (जि जय॑े)
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