Rig Veda 1.67.10: Mandala 1, Sukta 67, Mantra 10

Sukta 1.67

Rishi: Parāśara (traditional)

Devata: Agni (in relation to the Waters; also touching the Āpas complex)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; confirm)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

चित्तिरपां दमे विश्वायुः सद्मेव धीराः सम्माय चक्रुः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.67.10

Transliteration

cíttir apā́ṃ dáme viśvā́yuḥ sádmeva dhī́rāḥ sammā́ya cakruḥ ॥

Translation

Im Haus der Wasser ist citti, das bewusste Unterscheiden des All‑Lebens; die Weisen haben, wie in einem gefestigten Haus, gemeinsam die Eintracht‑māyā erbaut.

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Word by Word

• चित्तिः: thought, insight, intention
• चित्तिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्ति- (प्रातिपदिक; √चित् ‘चेतयति/चिन्तयति’ से भाव/कृदन्त-निर्मिति)

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• दमे: in the house/home
• दमे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम- (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वायुः: all-living, of universal life (all-vital)
• विश्वायुः: Kartā (apposition to चित्तिः) / Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्वायु- (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व ‘all’ + आयु ‘life’)

• सद्म: in the abode/dwelling
• सद्म: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्मन्/सद्म- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘seat, abode, dwelling’)

• इव: like, as
• इव: (Upamā-marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• धीराः: the wise (men/seers)
• धीराः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (substantive)
• Root: धीरा- (प्रातिपदिक; धीर ‘wise, steadfast’)

• सम्माय: having measured/arranged together; in due measure
• सम्माय: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Verbal noun / Indeclinable (absolutive-like in -āya, Vedic)
• Root: सम् + मा (√मा ‘मिमीते/माति’ ‘to measure, mete out, form’)

• चक्रुः: they have made/done
• चक्रुः: (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति)