Rig Veda 1.70.10: Mandala 1, Sukta 70, Mantra 10

Sukta 1.70

Rishi: Parāśara Śāktya

Devata: Agni (as Father-linked source of Veda/knowledge; also the ‘ever-living’ principle)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वि त्वा नरः पुरुत्रा सपर्यन्पितुर्न जिव्रेर्वि वेदो भरन्त ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.70.10

Transliteration

ví tvā nárāḥ purutrā́ saparyan pitúr ná jivrér ví védo bháranta

Translation

Dich verehren und bedienen die Männer an vielen Orten; und wie Söhne dem ewig lebenden Vater bringen sie das heilige Wissen (Veda) hervor und breiten es weithin aus.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, forth, widely
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि- (उपसर्ग)

• त्वा: you (acc. sg.)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• नरः: men, heroes
• नरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-

• पुरुत्रा: in many places, variously
• पुरुत्रा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरुत्रा (अव्यय)

• सपर्यन्: they worship, attend upon
• सपर्यन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सपर्य् (धातु; ‘पूजायाम्/सेवायाम्’)

• पितुः: of the father
• पितुः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ-

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• जिव्रेः: of Jivri (a proper name/epithet in Vedic usage)
• जिव्रेः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिव्रि-/जिव्र- (प्रातिपदिक; वेदिक)

• वि: forth, out
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि- (उपसर्ग)

• वेदः: knowledge; (here) the Veda/knowing
• वेदः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद-

• भरन्त: they bear, bring, carry
• भरन्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (धातु; ‘धारण-पोषणयोः’)