Rig Veda 10.188.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 188, Mantra 1

Sukta 10.188

Devata: Agni Jātavedas

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र नूनं जातवेदसमश्वं हिनोत वाजिनम् । इदं नो बर्हिरासदे ॥

Transliteration

prá nūnáṃ jā́tavedasam áśvaṃ hinota vā́jinam | idáṃ no bर्हír āsáde ||

Translation

Nun treibe voran das Ross des Jātavedas, den kraftvollen Träger der Fülle; er komme und setze sich auf dieses unser Barhis, den heiligen Sitz.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• नूनम्: now, indeed
• नूनम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni), ‘knower of births/creatures’
• जातवेदसम्: Karma (object of implied address/bringing-forth; in sense ‘(invoke) Jātavedas’)
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Agni)

• अश्वम्: horse
• अश्वम्: Karma (object of हिनोत)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिनोत: impels, drives on
• हिनोत: Kriyā (verbal action); Kartā understood (Jātavedas/Agni)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हि (धातु; ‘to impel, set in motion’)

• वाजिनम्: swift/strong; prize-winning (steed)
• वाजिनम्: Karma (in apposition to अश्वम्)
• Type: Adjective/Substantive
• Root: वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Kartā (of implied copula / deictic subject: ‘this …’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary: ‘for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• बर्हिः: sacrificial grass, barhis
• बर्हिः: Kartā (subject of आसदे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आसदे: sits down, is spread/laid for sitting
• आसदे: Kriyā (verbal action); subject = बर्हिः
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु; ‘to sit, settle’)