Rig Veda 10.5.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 5, Mantra 7

Sukta 10.5

Rishi: Dīrghatamas Āucathya (traditional for RV 10.5)

Devata: Agni (with cosmogonic framing through Aditi and Dakṣa)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable for RV 10.5; many verses are Jagatī in indices)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

असच्च सच्च परमे व्योमन्दक्षस्य जन्मन्नदितेरुपस्थे । अग्निर्ह नः प्रथमजा ऋतस्य पूर्व आयुनि वृषभश्च धेनुः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.5.7

Transliteration

ásac ca sác ca paramé vyòman dákṣasya jánmann áditeḥ upásthe | agnír ha naḥ prathamajā́ ṛtásya pū́rva ā́yuni vṛṣabháś ca dhenúḥ ||

Translation

El no-ser y el ser están unidos en el cielo supremo, en el nacimiento de Dakṣa, en el amplio regazo de Aditi. Allí Agni es para nosotros el primogénito de la Ṛta, antiguo en la vida, a la vez Toro-fuerza y Vaca de abundancia.

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Word by Word

• असत्: non-being, the unreal
• असत्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: असत् (प्रातिपदिक; a-सत्)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• सत्: being, the real
• सत्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक; सत् < √अस्)

• परमे: in the highest
• परमे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्योमन्: in the sky/firmament
• व्योमन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दक्षस्य: of Dakṣa / of skill, of the Ordainer
• दक्षस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• जन्मन्: birth, origin
• जन्मन्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; < √जन्)

• अदितेः: of Aditi
• अदितेः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपस्थे: in the lap, in the bosom
• उपस्थे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: Agni (Fire-god)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed, surely
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• प्रथमजा: first-born
• प्रथमजा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथमज (प्रातिपदिक; प्रथम + ज < √जन्)

• ऋतस्य: of Ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वे: in the former/earlier
• पूर्वे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुनि: in (the) life/age
• आयुनि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषभः: bull (as a potent male)
• वृषभः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• धेनुः: cow (milch-cow)
• धेनुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (प्रातिपदिक)