Rig Veda 10.10.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 10, Mantra 4
Sukta 10.10
Devata: Dialogic; Gandharva and an apsarā-like watery feminine are invoked as mythic witnesses/grounds of kinship
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न यत्पुरा चकृमा कद्ध नूनमृता वदन्तो अनृतं रपेम । गन्धर्वो अप्स्वप्या च योषा सा नो नाभिः परमं जामि तन्नौ ॥
Transliteration
ná yát purā́ cakṛmá kád dha nūnám ṛtā́ vádanto ánṛtaṃ rapema | gandharvó apsv ápyā́ ca yóṣā sā́ no nā́bhiḥ paramáṃ jā́mi tán nau ||
Translation
إن كنّا قد فعلنا ذلك من قبل، فلماذا الآن—ونحن ننطق بالحقّ—نسقط في الباطل؟ الغندرفا في المياه، والفتاة المائيّة: هي سُرّتُنا، وأعلى قرابتنا—ذلك هو الرباط بيننا.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
यत्that/what (as: since/when)
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद्
पुराformerly, before
पुरा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा
चक्रिमाwe have done
चक्रिमा:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
कद्धwhen indeed?/how ever?
कद्ध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकद्ध
नूनम्now, surely
नूनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम्
ऋताtruths; what is in accord with ṛta
ऋता:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootऋत
वदन्तःspeaking, saying
वदन्तः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootवद्
अनृतम्untruth, falsehood
अनृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअनृत
रपेमmay we utter/commit (rashly); may we speak
रपेम:
—
TypeVerb
Rootरप्
गन्धर्वःthe Gandharva
गन्धर्वः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व
अप्सुin the waters
अप्सु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
अप्याःbelonging to the waters, watery
अप्याः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्य
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
योषाa maiden/woman
योषा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयोषा
साshe
सा:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
नःof us/our; to us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
नाभिःnavel; central bond/kinship
नाभिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनाभि
परमम्highest, utmost
परमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम
जामिkinship, close relation
जामि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजामि
तत्that
तत्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
नौof us two / to us two
नौ:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
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