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Rig Veda 10.88.10: Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Mantra 10

Sukta 10.88

Devata: Agni (threefold form; transformer of growth)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स्तोमेन हि दिवि देवासो अग्निमजीजनञ्छक्तिभी रोदसिप्राम् । तमू अकृण्वन्त्रेधा भुवे कं स ओषधीः पचति विश्वरूपाः ॥

Transliteration

stomena hi divi devāso agnim ajījanañ śaktibhī rodasiprām | tam ū akṛṇvan tredhā bhuve kaṃ sa oṣadhīḥ pacati viśvarūpāḥ ||

Translation

Denn durch den Lobgesang im Himmel zeugten die Götter Agni; durch ihre Kräfte machten sie ihn zum Erfüller beider Welten. Ihn gestalteten sie dreifach für die Ebenen des Werdens; er lässt die Pflanzen reifen, die von vielerlei Gestalt sind.

Word by Word
स्तोमेनwith a hymn of praise
स्तोमेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक) < √स्तु (स्तवने)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
दिविin heaven
दिवि:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
देवासःthe gods
देवासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni (fire)
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
अजीजनन्they generated/produced
अजीजनन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनने) [णिच्: जनयति]
शक्तिभिःwith powers, with mights
शक्तिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
रोदसीप्राम्in the two worlds (heaven and earth), forth
रोदसीप्राम्:
अधिकारण (रोदसी) / क्रियाविशेषण (प्राम्)
TypeNoun + Indeclinable
Rootरोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक ‘heaven-and-earth’) + प्रा/प्राम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय ‘forth, forward’)
तम्him/that (Agni)
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ऊand, also (emphatic particle)
ऊ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऊ (निपात)
अकृण्वन्they made
अकृण्वन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे)
त्रेधाthreefold
त्रेधा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootत्रेधा (अव्यय)
भुवेfor (the) world/existence
भुवे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootभू (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधार: ‘being, world’)
कम्whom? (some one)
कम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रश्न/अनिर्दिष्ट-सर्वनाम)
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ओषधीःplants, herbs
ओषधीः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
पचतिcooks, ripens
पचति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पच् (पाके)
विश्व-रूपाःof all forms, manifold
विश्व-रूपाः:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
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