Rig Veda 1.70.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 70, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.70

Rishi: Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra (traditionally)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (verse-level confirmation recommended)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ दैव्यानि व्रता चिकित्वाना मानुषस्य जनस्य जन्म ॥

Transliteration

ā́ daivyā́ni vratā́ cikitvā́n ā́ mā́nuṣasya jánasya jánma ॥

Translation

Knowing the divine laws, he comes into the birth of the human people—entering our becoming to shape it by the order of the gods.

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Word by Word

• आ: towards; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• दैव्यानि: the divine (things/ordinances)
• दैव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: दैव्य- (< देव-)

• व्रतानि: vows; ordinances; sacred laws
• व्रतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत-

• चिकित्वान: having understood; knowing
• चिकित्वान: Kartā
• Type: Participle (perfect active, possessive) / Adjective
• Root: √चित् (चिती/चेतति ‘to perceive, know’) → क्तवत्-प्रत्यय

• मानुषस्य: of the human
• मानुषस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (genitival)
• Root: मानुष- (< मनु-)

• जनस्य: of the people; of the race
• जनस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन-

• जन्म: birth; origin
• जन्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन्- (< √जन् ‘to be born’)