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Mantra 10

Sukta 7.66

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Ādityas / divine seers upholding ṛta (contextually within Mitra–Varuṇa hymn)
Chandas: Jagatī (lengthened cadence possible here; verse appears longer than standard Triṣṭubh)

बहवः सूरचक्षसोऽग्निजिह्वा ऋतावृधः । त्रीणि ये येमुर्विदथानि धीतिभिर्विश्वानि परिभूतिभिः ॥

ब॒हव॒: सूर॑चक्षसोऽग्निजि॒ह्वा ऋ॑ता॒वृध॑: । त्रीणि॒ ये ये॒मुर्वि॒दथा॑नि धी॒तिभि॒र्विश्वा॑नि॒ परि॑भूतिभिः ॥

bahávaḥ sū́racakṣaso ’gnijihvā́ ṛtā́vṛdhaḥ | trī́ṇi yé yémur vidháthāni dhītíbhir víśvāni paribhūtíbhiḥ ||

Many are they who see by the sun, whose tongue is the flame, who increase by the Right; they have ordered the three assemblies of the sacrifice, encompassing all by their masteries of becoming.

ब॒हवः॑ । सूर॑ऽचक्षसः । अ॒ग्नि॒ऽजि॒ह्वाः । ऋ॑ऋ॒त॒ऽवृधः॑ । त्रीणि॑ । ये । ये॒मुः । वि॒दथा॑नि । धी॒तिऽभिः । विश्वा॑नि । परि॑भूतिऽभिः ॥बहवः । सूरचक्षसः । अग्निजिह्वाः । ऋऋतवृधः । त्रीणि । ये । येमुः । विदथानि । धीतिभिः । विश्वानि । परिभूतिभिः ॥bahavaḥ | sūra-cakṣasaḥ | agni-jihvāḥ | ṛta-vṛdhaḥ | trīṇi | ye | yemuḥ | vi dathāni | dhīti-bhiḥ | viśvāni | paribhūti-bhiḥ

बहवःmany (ones)
बहवः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootबहु-
सूरचक्षसःsun-eyed / having radiant sight
सूरचक्षसः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootसूर-चक्षस्- (तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि: ‘having sun(-like) sight’)
अग्निजिह्वाःfire-tongued
अग्निजिह्वाः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootअग्नि-जिह्वा- (बहुव्रीहि: ‘whose tongue is fire’)
ऋतावृधःṛta-increasing / strengthened by cosmic order
ऋतावृधः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootऋत-वृध्- (कृदन्त/बहुव्रीहि: ‘grown by/with ṛta’)
त्रीणिthree
त्रीणि:
कर्म
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootत्रि-
येwho
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम)
येमुःthey held / they directed
येमुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (यच्छति/यमति ‘to hold, restrain, direct’)
विदथानिassemblies / ritual sessions
विदथानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootविदथ-
धीतिभिःwith thoughts / hymnic insights
धीतिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootधीति-
विश्वानिall (things)
विश्वानि:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व-
परिaround, all about
परि:
उपसर्ग/क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootपरि
भूतिभिःwith powers / prosperities / manifestations
भूतिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootभूति- (from √भू ‘to be, become’)