Rig Veda 1.151.2 — Mandala 1, Sukta 151, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.151
Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (dual) (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यद्ध त्यद्वां पुरुमीळ्हस्य सोमिनः प्र मित्रासो न दधिरे स्वाभुवः । अध क्रतुं विदतं गातुमर्चत उत श्रुतं वृषणा पस्त्यावतः ॥
Transliteration
yád dha tyád vāṃ purumīḷ́hasya somínaḥ prá mitrā́so ná dadhiré svā́bhuvaḥ | ádha krátuṃ vidataṃ gātúm árcata utá śrutáṃ vṛṣaṇā pastyā́vataḥ ||
Translation
当那些榨苏摩者，为求丰厚的恩惠，像朋友一般把你们的作为推举出来——自成其效者——于是他们歌颂你们的意志，寻得通达之路。又你们二位雄强者，使他们的祈闻得以被听见，并在其本有之家的居处中安立。
Word by Word
यत्when; that which
यत्:
Adhikaraṇa (clausal/temporal link) / Sambandha
TypeIndeclinable (relative pronoun used adverbially) / Pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द
हindeed; surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात) / particle
त्यत्that (yonder), that very
त्यत्:
Karma (object of implied/understood action) / Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) with deictic/remote nuance ‘tya-’
वाम्of you two; you two
वाम्:
Sambandha (genitive) / Karma (if taken as acc.)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun) — enclitic dual gen./acc.
पुरुमीळ्हस्यof the much-praised one
पुरुमीळ्हस्य:
Sambandha (genitive qualifier)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootपुरुमीळ्ह (प्रातिपदिक; epithet ‘much-praised/with many praises’)
सोमिनःof the soma-possessor; of the soma-offerer
सोमिनः:
Sambandha (genitive qualifier)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसोमिन् (प्रातिपदिक ‘having soma; soma-possessing/connected with soma’)
प्रforth; forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/adverb)
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मित्रासःthe Mitras; allies/friends
मित्रासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike; as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
दधिरेthey have set/placed; they established
दधिरे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु) ‘to place, set’
स्वाभुवःself-powerful; self-existent ones
स्वाभुवः:
Kartā (apposition to मित्रासः)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootस्वाभू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘self-existent/independent, of own power’)
अधthen; thereafter
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (निपात)
क्रतुम्power of will; resolve; ritual skill
क्रतुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
विदतम्found; discovered; obtained
विदतम्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootविद् (धातु) ‘to find/know’ → क्त (past passive participle) / or adjectival ‘found, obtained’
गातुम्path; way; course
गातुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगातु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘path, course, going’)
अर्चतthey praised; they sang
अर्चत:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च् (धातु) ‘to praise, sing’
उतand; also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
श्रुतम्heard; renowned; famed
श्रुतम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootश्रु (धातु) ‘to hear’ → क्त (past passive participle) / ‘heard, famed’
वृषणाO you two bulls (mighty ones)
वृषणा:
Kartā (if taken as subject) / Sambodhana (if taken as address)
TypeNoun (dual)
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक ‘bull, strong one’)
पस्त्यावतःdwelling-possessing; having a home/abode
पस्त्यावतः:
Kartā / Sambodhana
TypeAdjective
Rootपस्त्यावत् (प्रातिपदिक ‘having a dwelling/home; possessing homestead’)
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