Rig Veda 1.72.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 72, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.72

Rishi: Parāśara Śāktya

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अस्मे वत्सं परि षन्तं न विन्दन्निच्छन्तो विश्वे अमृता अमूराः । श्रमयुवः पदव्यो धियंधास्तस्थुः पदे परमे चार्वग्नेः ॥

Transliteration

asmé vátsaṃ pári ṣántaṃ ná vindann icchánto víśve amṛ́tā amū́rāḥ | śramayúvaḥ padávyō dhiyamdhās tasthúḥ padé paramé cā́rv agnéḥ ||

Translation

Aquí, buscando, todos los Inmortales sin engaño no hallaron al ternero, oculto por todas partes. Los jóvenes en el esfuerzo —halladores de sendas, sostenedores del pensamiento— se alzaron en la más alta y hermosa morada de Agni.

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Word by Word

• अस्मे: in/for us
• अस्मे: अधिकारण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• वत्सम्: the calf
• वत्सम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स

• परि: around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: परि

• षन्तम्: sitting
• षन्तम्: विशेषण (of वत्सम्)
• Type: Verb-derived participle
• Root: षद् (धातु; Vedic variant of सद् ‘to sit’)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अविन्दन्: they found
• अविन्दन्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (to find/know)

• इच्छन्तः: desiring, seeking
• इच्छन्तः: कर्तृ (of अविन्दन्)
• Type: Verb-derived participle
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (to desire)

• विश्वे: all
• विश्वे: कर्तृ (apposition to इच्छन्तः)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: विश्व

• अमृताः: the immortals
• अमृताः: कर्तृ (apposition)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: अमृत

• अमूराः: unbewildered, not foolish
• अमूराः: कर्तृ (apposition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमूर (a-mūra ‘not foolish’; mūra ‘dull, foolish’)

• श्रमयुवः: the strenuous/striving ones
• श्रमयुवः: कर्तृ (of तस्थुः)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: श्रमयु (śrama-yu ‘toil-seeking/striving’; from श्रम् ‘to toil’ + यु ‘seeking/going’)

• पदव्यः: track-finders, path-knowers
• पदव्यः: कर्तृ (apposition)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पदव्य (path-finder/one who knows the track; from पद ‘footstep, track’)

• धियंधाः: those who set/hold the insight
• धियंधाः: कर्तृ (apposition)
• Type: Noun (agent) / adjective
• Root: धियंधा (dhiyam-dhā ‘placing/holding thought’; from धि/धी ‘insight’ + धा ‘to place’)

• तस्थुः: they have stood / took their stand
• तस्थुः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (to stand)

• पदे: in the place/step
• पदे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद

• परमे: highest, supreme
• परमे: विशेषण (of पदे)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम

• चारु: beautiful, lovely
• चारु: विशेषण (of अग्नेः/its पद)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि