Rig Veda 10.142.3 - Mandala 10, Sukta 142, Mantra 3

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Rig Veda 10.142.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 142, Mantra 3

Sukta 10.142

Devata: Agni

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत वा उ परि वृणक्षि बप्सद्बहोरग्न उलपस्य स्वधावः । उत खिल्या उर्वराणां भवन्ति मा ते हेतिं तविषीं चुक्रुधाम ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.142.3

Transliteration

utá vā ú páry vṛṇakṣi bápsad bahór agna úlapasya svadhāvaḥ | utá khilyā́ urvárāṇāṃ bhavanti mā́ te hetíṃ taviṣī́ṃ cukrudhāma ||

Translation

وأنتَ حقًّا تُحيطُ وتختارُ (مسارَكَ)، يا أغني، جالسًا على الفضاءِ الواسع، ذا ناموسٍ ذاتيّ (svadhāvah). وتغدو البقاعُ البورُ حقولًا خصيبة. فلا نُهيِّجْ سلاحَكَ، ولا قوّتَكَ العنيفة؛ بل لتتحوّلْ طاقتكَ إلى زيادةٍ لنا.

Word by Word

उतand; also

वाor; alternatively

उindeed; just

परिaround; completely

वृणक्षिyou turn/ward off; you avert

बप्सत्crackling; sputtering (of fire)

बहुःmuch; abundant

अग्नेO Agni

उलपस्यof the Ulapa (name of a being/hostile power; lit. ‘stalk/tuft’ in later usage)

स्वधावःO possessor of svadhā (innate power/ritual potency)

उतand also

खिल्याःwaste-lands; fallow patches

उर्वराणाम्of the fertile fields

भवन्तिthey become

माdo not

तेfor you; to you

हेतिम्missile; weapon; blow

तविषीम्force; might

चुक्रुधामwe have angered/stirred up; we provoke

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