Rig Veda 1.68.5 — Mandala 1, Sukta 68, Mantra 5
Sukta 1.68
Rishi: Parāśara (traditional)
Devata: Agni (with Viśve Devāḥ as co-agents)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; confirm)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ऋतस्य प्रेषा ऋतस्य धीतिर्विश्वायुर्विश्वे अपांसि चक्रुः ॥
Transliteration
r̥tásya préṣā r̥tásya dhī́tir viśvā́yur víśve apā́ṃsi cakruḥ ॥
Translation
ঋতৰেই প্ৰেৰণা, ঋতৰেই ধীতি; বিশ্বায়ু—সকলো অপাংসিসহ—কৰ্মসমূহ গঢ়িলে।
Word by Word
ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक) < √ऋ (गत्यर्थ) / PIE *h₂er- (to fit, order) (semantic)
प्रेषाःimpulses/commands/dispatches
प्रेषाः:
कर्तृ (with चक्रुः)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रेषा (प्रातिपदिक) < √इष्/√प्रेष् (प्रेरणे ‘to impel/send’)
ऋतस्यof ṛta
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
धीतिḥthought/insight/vision
धीतिḥ:
कर्तृ (with चक्रुः)
TypeNoun
Rootधीति (प्रातिपदिक) < √धी (धी/ध्या ‘to think, perceive’)
विश्वायुःall-life(-giving), of universal lifetime
विश्वायुः:
कर्तृ (with चक्रुः)
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Epithet
Rootविश्व-आयु (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास) : विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आयु (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वेall (of them), all beings/ones
विश्वे:
कर्तृ (with चक्रुः)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘water’
अपांसिworks/deeds
अपांसि:
कर्तृ (with चक्रुः)
TypeNoun
Rootअपस् (प्रातिपदिक) < √अप्/√आप् (work/act; Vedic apas ‘work, deed’)
चक्रुःthey have done/made
चक्रुः:
क्रिया (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे ‘to do, make’)
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