Rig Veda 10.46.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 46, Mantra 6
Sukta 10.46
Devata: Agni (damūnā) with Trita as an inner-fire motif
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verse-level confirmation needed)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नि पस्त्यासु त्रितः स्तभूयन्परिवीतो योनौ सीददन्तः । अतः संगृभ्या विशां दमूना विधर्मणायन्त्रैरीयते नॄन् ॥
Transliteration
ní pastyā́su tritáḥ stabhūyán parivī́to yónau sīdad antáḥ | átaḥ saṅgṛ́bhyā viśā́ṁ damūnā́ vidhármaṇā yántrair ī́yate nṝ́n ||
Translation
বাসস্থানসমূহত ত্ৰিত দৃঢ় কৰি, গৰ্ভ-যোনিত আৱৃত হৈ অন্তৰত বহে। তাতৰ পৰা জনসমূহক সংগ্ৰহ কৰি, গৃহস্বামী (দমূনা) ঋত-ধৰ্মৰ জুৱাসমূহেৰে নৰসকলক চালিত কৰে—সুশৃঙ্খল কৰ্মত টানি আনে।
Word by Word
निdown; in; into
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga)
पस्त्यासुin the dwellings / homesteads
पस्त्यासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपस्त्य (prātipadika)
त्रितःTrita (a Vedic figure)
त्रितः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootत्रित (proper name/prātipadika)
स्तभूयन्propping up; supporting; making firm
स्तभूयन्:
Kartā (with त्रितः)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootस्तभ् (dhātu) + यन् (śatṛ)
परिवीतःwrapped around; encompassed; enclosed
परिवीतः:
Kartā (apposition to त्रितः)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootपरि-√वे (वे/वय् ‘to weave, wrap’) → वीत (kta)
योनौin the womb; in the seat/abode
योनौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (prātipadika)
सीदत्sits; settles down
सीदत्:
Kriyā (of त्रितः)
TypeVerb
Rootसद् (dhātu) (सीदति)
अन्तःwithin; inside
अन्तः:
Adhikaraṇa (adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial) / Noun-form
Rootअन्तर् (prātipadika used adverbially)
अतःfrom there; then
अतः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः (indeclinable)
संगृभ्यhaving seized; having grasped together
संगृभ्य:
Kriyā (prior action)
TypeVerb (gerund)
Rootसम्-√ग्रह् (dhātu) → गृभ्य (absolutive/gerund)
विशाम्of the clans/settlements; of the people
विशाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootविश् (prātipadika)
दमूनाthe house-lord; the one of the house (epithet)
दमूना:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootदमून (prātipadika; epithet ‘house-lord/house-dweller’)
विधर्मणायन्त्रैःby means of devices/contrivances for (special) ordinance/order
विधर्मणायन्त्रैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootवि-धर्मन् (prātipadika) + यन्त्र (prātipadika)
ईयतेgoes; advances; sets in motion
ईयते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootई (dhātu) / इ (dhātu) ‘to go, move’ (Vedic: īyate)
नॄन्men; heroes
नॄन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (prātipadika)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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