Rig Veda 10.7.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 7, Mantra 6

Sukta 10.7

Devata: Agni (as deva performing sacrifice among devas)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; needs verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स्वयं यजस्व दिवि देव देवान्किं ते पाकः कृणवदप्रचेताः । यथायज ऋतुभिर्देव देवानेवा यजस्व तन्वं सुजात ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.7.6

Transliteration

svayáṃ yajasva diví deva devā́n kíṃ te pā́kaḥ kṛṇavad ápracetāḥ | yáthā́yaja ṛtúbhir deva devā́n evā́ yajasva tanváṃ sujāta ||

Translation

Opfere selbst im Himmel, o Gott, den Göttern: was könnte der Unkundige, der Unverständige, dir bewirken? Wie du den Göttern mit den Jahreszeiten geopfert hast, so opfere auch jetzt — bring dein eigenes Wesen als Gabe dar, o Wohlgeborener.

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Word by Word

• स्वयम्: by yourself, yourself
• स्वयम्: Kartā (कर्तृ-विशेषण: ‘स्वयं’ = ‘तू स्वयं’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय) < स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यजस्व: worship! perform sacrifice!
• यजस्व: (मुख्य क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (यजँ)

• दिवि: in heaven, in the sky
• दिवि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण: ‘in heaven’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (द्यु/दिव्) (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौः)

• देव: O god
• देव: (सम्बोधन) —
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (कर्म: object of ‘यजस्व’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (कर्म: object of ‘कृणवत्’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you / your
• ते: Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (here: genitival relation ‘of/for you’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्) सर्वनाम

• पाकः: a simple/ignorant man; a ‘pāka’
• पाकः: Kartā (कर्तृ: subject of ‘कृणवत्’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पाक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पाक’ = पच्-सम्बद्ध ‘cooked/ripe’, ‘simple/ignorant’)

• कृणवत्: did/made
• कृणवत्: (मुख्य क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (कृञ्) / कर्

• अप्रचेताः: unwise, lacking insight
• अप्रचेताः: Kartā (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-प्रचेतस् (प्रचेतस् ‘wise, aware’ < प्र-चित्), नञ्-समास

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• यथा: (क्रिया-विशेषण: manner) —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• अयजः: you worshipped/sacrificed
• अयजः: (मुख्य क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (यजँ)

• ऋतुभिः: with the seasons; with the proper times/rites
• ऋतुभिः: Karaṇa (करण: ‘with/through the seasons/rites’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)

• देव: O god
• देव: (सम्बोधन) —
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (कर्म: object of ‘अयजः/यजस्व’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: (निपात: emphasis) —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• यजस्व: worship! sacrifice!
• यजस्व: (मुख्य क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (यजँ)

• तन्वम्: your body; your own self
• तन्वम्: Karma (कर्म: object—‘yourself/your person’ as that which is offered/engaged)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक: तनू/तन्व् ‘body, self’)

• सुजात: O well-born one; noble-born
• सुजात: (सम्बोधन) —
• Type: Adjective (Kṛdanta) / Vocative epithet
• Root: सु-जात (कृदन्त/विशेषण; जात < √जन् ‘be born’ with सु-)