Rig Veda 10.181.2 - Mandala 10, Sukta 181, Mantra 2

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Rig Veda 10.181.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 181, Mantra 2

Sukta 10.181

Rishi: Bharadvāja (named in the verse)

Devata: Agni (with Dhātṛ, Savitṛ, Viṣṇu as sources)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (explicitly referenced; verse itself may be in a different meter in some recensions, but the mantra thematizes Anuṣṭubh)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अविन्दन्ते अतिहितं यदासीद्यज्ञस्य धाम परमं गुहा यत् । धातुर्द्युतानात्सवितुश्च विष्णोर्भरद्वाजो बृहदा चक्रे अग्नेः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.181.2

Transliteration

avíndante áti-hitaṃ yád āsīd yajñásya dhā́ma paramáṃ guhā́ yát | dhā́tur dyutā́nāt savitúś ca víṣṇor bharádvājo bṛhád ā́ cakre agnéḥ ||

Translation

Sie fanden das, was jenseits niedergelegt war, als der höchste Sitz des Opfers in der Höhle verborgen lag. Aus dem Glanz des Dhātṛ, aus Savitṛ und aus Viṣṇu formte Bharadvāja für Agni das Große (Bṛhat), damit das Feuer in der Weite der Seele erglühe.

Word by Word

अविन्दन्तेthey found / discovered

अतिहितम्hidden away, laid beyond (well-concealed)

यत्which

आसीत्was

यज्ञस्यof the sacrifice

धामabode; seat; ordinance/place

परमम्highest, supreme

गुहाin the cave; in concealment

यत्which

धातुःof the establisher/creator

द्युतानात्from the shining (splendour)

सवितुःof Savitṛ

चand

विष्णोःof Viṣṇu

भरद्वाजःBharadvāja

बृहदाwith greatness; mightily

चक्रेhe has made; he fashioned

अग्नेःof Agni

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