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Rig Veda 1.68.10: Mandala 1, Sukta 68, Mantra 10

Sukta 1.68

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (traditional for RV 1.68)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

वि राय और्णोद्दुरः पुरुक्षुः पिपेश नाकं स्तृभिर्दमूनाः ॥

ví rā́ya aurṇod dúraḥ purukṣúḥ pipéśa nā́kaṁ stṛ́bhir damū́nāḥ |

Weit hat er die Tore der Fülle aufgetan; die vielbehausende Macht presst den Himmel des Bewusstseins mit festen Stützen aus — der Herr des Hauses im Innern.

विapart, asunder, forth
वि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि- (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय
रायःof wealth, of riches
रायः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootराय्/रयि (प्रातिपदिक ‘राय्’ = धन)
और्णोत्covered, enclosed
और्णोत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते ‘to cover, to enclose’; वैदिक रूप ‘और्णोत्’)
दुरःdoors, gates
दुरः:
कर्म (object of ‘covered’)
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्/द्वार (प्रातिपदिक ‘दुर्/दुरः’ = द्वार)
पुरुक्षुःthe much-abiding one; widely dwelling (epithet)
पुरुक्षुः:
कर्तृ (agent of the verb)
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Epithet
Rootपुरु-क्षु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘much/abundant’ + ‘dwelling/abiding’; वैदिक विशेषण/नाम)
पिपेशcrushed, pounded
पिपेश:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पिष् (पिनष्टि ‘to crush, pound, press’; परिपूर्ण/तीव्रार्थे)
नाकम्heaven, the firmament
नाकम्:
कर्म (object of ‘crushed/pressed’)
TypeNoun
Rootनाक (प्रातिपदिक ‘नाक’ = स्वर्ग/आकाश)
स्तृभिःwith supports/props
स्तृभिः:
करण (instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तृभ्/स्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक ‘स्तृभ्’ = सहायक/स्तम्भ/आधार, ‘supports/props’)
दमूनाःthe house-lord; the domestic patron (epithet)
दमूनाः:
कर्तृ (in apposition to the subject)
TypeAdjective (epithet) / Noun
Rootदमूना (प्रातिपदिक; ‘house-lord, tamer/house-friend’; वैदिक विशेषण)

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