Rig Veda 1.141.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 141, Mantra 4

Sukta 1.141

Rishi: Dīrghatamas Āucathya (traditional, subject to recension)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र यत्पितुः परमान्नीयते पर्या पृक्षुधो वीरुधो दंसु रोहति । उभा यदस्य जनुषं यदिन्वत आदिद्यविष्ठो अभवद्घृणा शुचिः ॥

Transliteration

prá yat pitúḥ paramā́n nīyáte páry ā́ pṛkṣúdhó vīrúdhó dáṃsu rohati | ubhā́ yád asya jánuṣaṃ yád ínvata ād íd yáviṣṭho abhavad ghṛṇā́ śúciḥ ||

Translation

Wenn er vom höchsten Vater herausgeführt wird, wachsen rings um ihn, durch sein Können, die nährenden Gewächse, die Pflanzen. Wenn beide seine Geburten in Bewegung gesetzt werden, dann wird wahrlich der Jüngste zu reiner Glut, lodernd vor Inbrunst.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• यत्: which, that
• यत्: Karma (of नीयते) / correl. with यद् below
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-stem)

• पितुः: of the father
• पितुः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (prātipadika)

• परमात्: from the highest (place/state)
• परमात्: Apādāna (source: ‘from the highest…’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: परम (adj. prātipadika)

• नीयते: is led, is brought
• नीयते: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (√नी) + ya (passive)

• परि: around, all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (upasarga)

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• पृक्षुधः: nourishments, strengthening foods (lit. ‘growth-givers’)
• पृक्षुधः: Karma (object of रोहति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृक्षुध् (prātipadika)

• वीरुधः: plants, herbs
• वीरुधः: Karma (co-object of रोहति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरुध् (prātipadika)

• दंसुः: the wondrous one, the doer of marvels
• दंसुः: Kartā (subject of रोहति)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दंसु (prātipadika)

• रोहति: grows, springs up
• रोहति: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (√रुह्)

• उभा: both
• उभा: Karma (object of इन्वत)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: उभ (prātipadika)

• यत्: when/that which
• यत्: — (connective/correlative)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-stem)

• अस्य: of him, of this one
• अस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāma-stem)

• जनुषम्: birth, origin, kinship
• जनुषम्: Karma (with उभा … जनुषम् as ‘both births/kinships’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनुष (prātipadika)

• यत्: when/that which
• यत्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-stem)

• इन्वत: impelled, set in motion
• इन्वत: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (√इ / √इन्व् ‘to set in motion, impel’)

• आत्: then, thereupon
• आत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आत् (particle, from ad)

• इद्: indeed, just
• इद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद् (particle)

• यविष्ठः: the youngest (most youthful)
• यविष्ठः: Kartā (with अभवत)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यविष्ठ (superlative adj. prātipadika; from यव/युवा- ‘young’ in Vedic usage)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (√भू)

• घृणा: glow, ardor, heat (radiance)
• घृणा: Karaṇa (means/with: ‘with glow/heat’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृणा (prātipadika)

• शुचिः: bright, pure, shining
• शुचिः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (predicate adjective to यविष्ठः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (adj. prātipadika)