Rig Veda 3.27.9: Mandala 3, Sukta 27, Mantra 9

Sukta 3.27

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

धिया चक्रे वरेण्यो भूतानां गर्भमा दधे । दक्षस्य पितरं तना ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 3.27.9

Transliteration

dhiyā́ cakre váreṇyo bhūtā́nāṃ gárbham ā́ dadhe | dákṣasya pitáraṃ tánā ||

Translation

Durch Schaugedanke hat der Verehrungswürdige gewirkt und den Schoß der Wesen eingesetzt; in seinem eigenen Leib hat er den Vater der Dakṣa, der unterscheidenden Kraft, gegründet.

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Word by Word

• धिया: by/with (his) thought, with insight
• धिया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (प्रातिपदिक: धि-)

• चक्रे: he has made / he fashioned
• चक्रे: कर्तृ (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → परस्मै/आत्मनेपद; (लिट्) perfect

• वरेण्यः: the choice-worthy (one)
• वरेण्यः: कर्तृ (चक्रे का कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरेण्य (प्रातिपदिक; √वृ ‘choose’ से ‘to be chosen/choice-worthy’)

• भूतानाम्: of beings / of creatures
• भूतानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √भू ‘be’ → ‘beings/creatures’)

• गर्भम्: the embryo, germ, womb(-seed)
• गर्भम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, into; (intensifier with the verb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दधे: he has placed/established
• दधे: कर्तृ (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग) → आ-धा

• दक्षस्य: of Dakṣa / of skill, of the able one
• दक्षस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तना: in succession, continuously; by lineage
• तना: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तना (अव्यय; ‘in due course/continuously; by succession/lineage’)