Rig Veda 1.141.3 — Mandala 1, Sukta 141, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.141

Rishi: Dīrghatamas Āucathya (traditional, subject to recension)

Devata: Agni (with Mātariśvan as agent of manifestation)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

निर्यदीं बुध्नान्महिषस्य वर्पस ईशानासः शवसा क्रन्त सूरयः । यदीमनु प्रदिवो मध्व आधवे गुहा सन्तं मातरिश्वा मथायति ॥

Transliteration

nír yad ī́ṃ budhnā́n mahiṣásya várpasa īśānā́saḥ śávasā kránta sū́rayaḥ | yadīm ánu pradívo mádhva ā́dhave guhā́ sántam mātáriśvā mathā́yati ||

Translation

Cuando desde el fundamento se saca la forma del gran Toro, los videntes soberanos avanzan con fuerza. Y cuando, siguiendo la miel del cielo primero para la ofrenda, Mātariśvan lo bate y lo extrae, aunque esté oculto en el secreto.

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Word by Word

• निः: out, forth
• निः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निस् (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• यत्: he/it drove/led
• यत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु)

• ईम्: indeed, just, him/it (emphatic particle)
• ईम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ईम् (निपात)

• बुध्नात्: from the base/bottom
• बुध्नात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• महिषस्य: of the buffalo/bull (mighty one)
• महिषस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्पसः: of the form/beauty, appearance
• वर्पसः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्पस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईशानासः: ruling, possessing, lording
• ईशानासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईशान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ईश्)

• शवसा: by strength, with might
• शवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्रन्त: they strode/stepped forth
• क्रन्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम्/क्रन्द् (धातु; वैदिक रूप क्रन्त)

• सूरयः: the seers/sages
• सूरयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यदा: when
• यदा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)

• ईम्: indeed, just
• ईम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ईम् (निपात)

• अनु: after, along
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्रदिवः: of the fore-heaven/upper sky
• प्रदिवः: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense via genitive: ‘in/through the fore-heaven’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदिव्/प्रदिव (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक)

• मध्वः: of sweetness/honey; of Soma
• मध्वः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• आधवे: for the pressing/pressing-rite (Soma pressing)
• आधवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: आधव (प्रातिपदिक)

• गुहा: in concealment, secretly
• गुहा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गुहा (अव्यय/नाम)

• सन्तम्: being, existing
• सन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √अस्)

• मातरिश्वा: Mātariśvan (Vedic wind/fire-bringer)
• मातरिश्वा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातरिश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मथायति: he churns/causes to be churned; kindles by friction
• मथायति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मथ् (धातु)