Rig Veda 10.8.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 8, Mantra 3

Sukta 10.8

Devata: Agni (solarized, with sūra/arṇa imagery)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; needs verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ यो मूर्धानं पित्रोररब्ध न्यध्वरे दधिरे सूरो अर्णः । अस्य पत्मन्नरुषीरश्वबुध्ना ऋतस्य योनौ तन्वो जुषन्त ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.8.3

Transliteration

ā́ yó mūrdhā́naṃ pitrór árabdha ny àdhvaré dadhire sū́ro árṇaḥ | asyá pátmann áruṣīr áśvabudhnā ṛtásya yónau tanvò juṣanta ||

Translation

Aquel que tomó la cumbre-cabeza de los dos Padres y la asentó en el sacrificio — él, la corriente brillante como el Sol. En su avance, las energías rojizas, de base ecuestre, se deleitan en el seno de Ṛta, en sus propias formas encarnadas.

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Word by Word

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मूर्धानम्: head, summit
• मूर्धानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पित्रोः: of the two parents
• पित्रोः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरब्धः: having seized/laid hold (of), grasping
• अरब्धः: Kartā (as qualifier of यः)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: रभ् (धातु) → अरब्ध (कृदन्त, PPP)

• नि: down, into
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग) / ni (preverb)

• अध्वरे: in the sacrifice (ritual)
• अध्वरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधिरे: they have placed/established
• दधिरे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• सूरः: the Sun; the shining one
• सूरः: Kartā (appositional/subject term) अथवा विशेष्य (to यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्णः: flood, wave, stream (of waters/light)
• अर्णः: Karma (semantic object/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of him/this
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पत्मन्: in the flight/course (path of movement)
• पत्मन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरुशीः: the ruddy (mares/rays)
• अरुशीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अरुशी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वबुध्नाः: having horses as their base; horse-based/horse-founded
• अश्वबुध्नाः: Kartā (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective (Bahuvrīhi/Tatpuruṣa-like epithet)
• Root: अश्व-बुध्न (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

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

• योनौ: in the womb/source
• योनौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तन्वः: of (their) body/self
• तन्वः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• जुषन्त: they enjoy/favor; they take delight in
• जुषन्त: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: जुष् (धातु)