Rig Veda 1.70.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 70, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.70
Rishi: Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra (traditionally)
Devata: Agni
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Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
गर्भो यो अपां गर्भो वनानां गर्भश्च स्थातां गर्भश्चरथाम् ॥
Transliteration
gárbho yo apā́ṃ gárbho vánānāṃ gárbhaś ca sthātā́ṃ gárbhaś caráthām ॥
Translation
هو جنينُ المياه (garbha)، وجنينُ الغابات، وجنينُ ما يثبت قائمًا وجنينُ ما يسير متحركًا—أغني هو البذرةُ المُكوِّنةُ المستترةُ في كلِّ الوجود.
Word by Word
गर्भःthe embryo/womb; the inner germ
गर्भः:
कर्तृ (विधेय-नाम)
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho/which
यः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय-कर्ता)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
गर्भःthe embryo/germ
गर्भः:
कर्तृ (विधेय-नाम)
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
वनानाम्of the woods/forests
वनानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
गर्भःthe embryo/germ
गर्भः:
कर्तृ (विधेय-नाम)
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
स्थाताम्of the standing (beings/things), of the stationary
स्थाताम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun (verbal adjective/participle)
Rootस्था (धातु)
गर्भःthe embryo/germ
गर्भः:
कर्तृ (विधेय-नाम)
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
रथाम्of the chariots / of the moving (things)
रथाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
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