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Rig Veda 10.32.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 32, Mantra 6

Sukta 10.32

Rishi: Unknown/varied traditions for RV 10.32; commonly treated as Indra hymn with late book attributions uncertain
Devata: Agni (with Indra as the knower-guide and a ‘vratapā’ as law-guardian)
Chandas: Jagatī (likely; 12-syllable tendency in 10.32; requires full metrical verification)

निधीयमानमपगूळ्हमप्सु प्र मे देवानां व्रतपा उवाच । इन्द्रो विद्वाँ अनु हि त्वा चचक्ष तेनाहमग्ने अनुशिष्ट आगाम् ॥

nidhī́yamānam ápāgūḷham apsú prá me devā́nāṃ vratapā́ uvāca | índro vidvā́n ánu hí tvā cacakṣa ténā́ham agne ánuśiṣṭa ā́gām ||

Als man dich, im Wasser verborgen, niederlegte, sprach zu mir der Hüter des göttlichen Gesetzes (vrata-pā). Indra, der Wissende, hat dich wahrlich erblickt und ist dir nachgegangen; durch jene Führung, o Agni, von innen her unterwiesen, bin ich gekommen.

निधीयमानम्being deposited/being placed
निधीयमानम्:
कर्म (that which is being placed/laid)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootनि-धा (धातु √धा) → धीयमान (कृदन्त)
अपगूळ्हम्hidden, concealed
अपगूळ्हम्:
कर्म (the hidden one/thing)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootअप-गूह् (धातु √गूह्) → गूळ्ह (कृदन्त)
अप्सुin the waters
अप्सु:
अधिकरण (location)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक: अप्/आपः)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
मेto me / for me
मे:
सम्प्रदान (to/for me) / सम्बन्ध (of me) بحسب प्रयोग
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: of the gods)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
व्रतपाthe keeper of the ordinances (vrata-keeper)
व्रतपा:
कर्ता
TypeNoun (agent/title)
Rootव्रत-पा (प्रातिपदिक; पा ‘protector/keeper’)
उवाचsaid, spoke
उवाच:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वच्
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
विद्वान्knowing, wise
विद्वान्:
कर्ता (qualifier)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√विद् → विद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुafter, along, in accordance with
अनु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
चचक्षhas seen, beheld
चचक्ष:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√चक्ष्
तेनby that, thereby
तेन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुशिष्टःinstructed, directed
अनुशिष्टः:
कर्ता (qualifier: instructed)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootअनु-√शास् → शिष्ट (कृदन्त)
आगाम्I came, I approached
आगाम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√गम्

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