Rig Veda 10.135.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 135, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.135
Devata: Mystic Kumāra (youthful power; possibly a form of the soul-force/Agni as ever-young), within Yama-sūkta sequence
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यं कुमार नवं रथमचक्रं मनसाकृणोः । एकेषं विश्वतः प्राञ्चमपश्यन्नधि तिष्ठसि ॥
Transliteration
yáṃ kumā́ra návaṃ rátham acakráṃ manasā́kṛṇoḥ | ekéṣaṃ viśvátas prā́ñcam ápaśyann ádhi tiṣṭhasi ||
Translation
O Jüngling, den neuen Wagen hast du allein mit dem Geist geschaffen — radlos, mit einer einzigen Deichsel, von allen Seiten nach vorn gerichtet; auf ihm stehst du, sehend: ein Fahrzeug der inneren Bewegung, aus Gedanken gefügt.
Word by Word
यम्whom / which
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कुमारःthe boy / young man
कुमारः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
नवम्new
नवम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootनव (प्रातिपदिक)
रथम्chariot
रथम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
अचक्रम्wheel-less / without wheels
अचक्रम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-चक्र (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास/उपसर्ग-निषेध)
मनसाwith the mind
मनसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अकृणोःyou made / fashioned
अकृणोः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
एकेषाम्of some / of certain (ones)
एकेषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Numeral
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वतःfrom all sides / in every direction
विश्वतः:
अधिक्ररण (दिशा/परिसर-निर्देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित-अव्यय) अथवा अव्ययीभाव
प्राञ्चम्facing forward / turned eastward
प्राञ्चम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पूर्वाभिमुख/अग्राभिमुख’)
अपश्यन्seeing / while seeing
अपश्यन्:
कर्तृ (क्रियाविशेषण-भावे: ‘seeing’)
TypeVerb (participle) / Kṛdanta
Rootदृश् (धातु) → पश्य (वर्तमान-प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon / over
अधि:
अधिक्ररण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
तिष्ठसिyou stand / you remain
तिष्ठसि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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