Rig Veda 10.16.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 16, Mantra 5

Sukta 10.16

Rishi: RV 10.16 funerary seer (traditional attribution variable).

Devata: Agni Jātavedas; Pitṛs.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अव सृज पुनरग्ने पितृभ्यो यस्त आहुतश्चरति स्वधाभिः । आयुर्वसान उप वेतु शेषः सं गच्छतां तन्वा जातवेदः ॥

Transliteration

áva sṛja púnaḥ agne pitṛ́bhyo yás ta ā́hutaś cárati svadhā́bhiḥ | ā́yur vásāna úpa vetu śéṣaḥ sáṃ gacchatāṃ tanvā́ jā́tavedas ||

Translation

Suéltalo de nuevo, oh Agni, hacia abajo y adelante, hacia los Padres — a aquel que, ofrecido a ti, se mueve en los poderes de la svadhā (svadhā). Que la fuerza vital restante se acerque, vistiéndose otra vez; que la encarnación se reúna en concordia, oh Jātavedas.

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Word by Word

• अव: down, away; (as preverb) forth
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग) अव्- (अव्यय-रूप) / अवस् (प्रातिपदिक) नहीं

• सृज: release, let go
• सृज: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्

• पुनः: again, back
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि

• पितृभ्यः: to the Fathers (ancestors)
• पितृभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (सापेक्ष-उपवाक्ये)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आहुतः: offered, oblated
• आहुतः: कर्म (यः… आहुतः) / विशेषण
• Type: Participle
• Root: आ-√हु (हु ‘to sacrifice, offer’) → आहुत (कृदन्त)

• चरतिः: moves, goes
• चरतिः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्

• स्वधाभिः: with svadhās (ancestral offerings/refreshments)
• स्वधाभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: कर्म (वेतु) / विषय
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस्

• वसानः: wearing, clothed (with)
• वसानः: कर्तृ (शेषः) / विशेषण
• Type: Participle
• Root: √वस् (वस् ‘to clothe, put on’) → वसान (कृदन्त)

• उप: towards, near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वेतु: let him go/attain
• वेतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वे (वे ‘to go, pursue, seek’; Vedic: ‘to go/attain’)

• शेषः: the remainder; what is left (the surviving part)
• शेषः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शेष

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• गच्छताम्: let them go/come together
• गच्छताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्

• तन्वा: with the body, in bodily form
• तन्वा: करण (सहभावे) / सह
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू

• जातवेदः: O Jātavedas (Agni, knower of births)
• जातवेदः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस्