Rig Veda 10.32.8: Mandala 10, Sukta 32, Mantra 8

Sukta 10.32

Rishi: Unknown/varied traditions for RV 10.32; commonly treated as Indra hymn with late book attributions uncertain

Devata: Vasu (beneficent power) / Mother-source (Aditi-like) in a symbolic developmental scene

Chandas: Jagatī (likely; 12-syllable tendency in 10.32; requires full metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अद्येदु प्राणीदममन्निमाहापीवृतो अधयन्मातुरूधः । एमेनमाप जरिमा युवानमहेळन्वसुः सुमना बभूव ॥

Transliteration

adyéd u prá̄́ṇīd ámaman imā́ áhā́pīvṛto adhayann mātúr ū́dhaḥ | émenam āpa jarímā yúvānam áheḷan vásuḥ sumánā babhūva ||

Translation

Hoy, en verdad, ha exhalado el aliento y ha formado estos días; rodeado, bebió de la ubre de la Madre. Así le sobrevino la vejez, aunque era joven; y, sin embargo, el buen dador, sin ira, se volvió de ánimo dichoso.

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Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)

• इदु: indeed
• इदु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदु (निपात)

• प्राणि: the living being (creature)
• प्राणि: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणि (प्राणिन्- प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• अमम्: ate
• अमम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अम् (धातु; अम् = to eat) / अम (प्रातिपदिक as object-form)

• अन्नि: food
• अन्नि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्नि (अन्नि- प्रातिपदिक; ‘food’/‘grain’)

• इमम्: this (one)
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इम (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आह: said
• आह: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (धातु; to say) / आह (परिपूर्ण-रूप)

• अपि: also
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• आवृतः: covered, enclosed
• आवृतः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: आ-वृत् (धातु; to cover, surround) / आवृत (कृदन्त)

• अधयत्: sucked/imbibed
• अधयत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-या (धातु; to go to, approach; in Vedic also ‘to suck/imbibe’ in context) / अधयत्

• मातुः: of the mother
• मातुः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊधः: udder
• ऊधः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊधस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• एमे: went/has gone
• एमे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु; to go) / एमे

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/एन (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आप: reached
• आप: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु; to reach, obtain) / आप

• जरिमा: old age
• जरिमा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरिमन् (प्रातिपदिक; old age, decay)

• युवानम्: the young (man)
• युवानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युवन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अहेळन्: not hostile, uninjuring
• अहेळन्: Viśeṣaṇa (of वसु:)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेल्/हिड् (धातु; to be angry, to injure) / अ-हेळन् (नञ्-समास/विशेषण)

• वसुः: the good one/benefactor (Vasu)
• वसुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुमना: kindly disposed
• सुमना: Viśeṣaṇa (of वसुः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-मनस् (प्रातिपदिक; good-minded, gracious)

• बभूव: became
• बभूव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु; to be) / बभूव