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Rig Veda 1.96.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 96, Mantra 5

Sukta 1.96

Rishi: Parāśara Śāktya
Devata: Agni (as the child nursed by Night and Dawn)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

नक्तोषासा वर्णमामेम्याने धापयेते शिशुमेकं समीची । द्यावाक्षामा रुक्मो अन्तर्वि भाति देवा अग्निं धारयन्द्रविणोदाम् ॥

náktoṣásā várṇam āmémyāne dhā́payete śíśum ékaṃ samīcī́ | dyā́vākṣā́mā rukmó antár ví bhāti devā́ agníṃ dhārayann dráviṇo-dām ||

Nuit et Aurore, se mouvant dans leurs couleurs, allaitent d’un commun accord l’unique Enfant. Entre Ciel et Terre resplendit au-dedans l’éclat d’or ; les dieux soutinrent Agni, dispensateur de la plénitude de l’être.

नक्तोषासाNight and Dawn
नक्तोषासा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (dual compound)
Rootनक्त (अव्यय ‘रात्रौ’) + उषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
वर्णम्color, appearance
वर्णम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
towards, forth
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मेम्यानेalternating, moving in turn
मेम्याने:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeParticiple
Root√मि (मिनोति/मीयते; ‘to change/alternate, move’), with reduplication मे- + यान (शानच्)
धापयेतेthey cause to drink / they nourish
धापयेते:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: नक्तोषासा)
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धत्ते/दधाति) causative धापयति; here 3rd dual Ātmanepada
शिशुम्the child
शिशुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशिशु (प्रातिपदिक)
एकम्one, single
एकम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
समीचीconverging, facing together
समीची:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (used adverbially/qualifying dual subject)
Rootसमीचि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘facing each other/coming together’)
द्यावाक्षामाHeaven and Earth
द्यावाक्षामा:
अधिकारण/कर्तृ (सन्दर्भे: ‘in/over heaven and earth’ अथवा ‘heaven-and-earth (as locus)’)
TypeNoun (dual compound)
Rootद्याव् (दिव्/द्यौः) + क्षाम (प्रातिपदिक ‘earth/ground’)
रुक्मःthe golden (one), the shining ornament
रुक्मः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootरुक्म (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तर्within, in between
अन्तर्:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तर् (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘within, between’)
विapart, widely, forth
वि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
भातिshines
भाति:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: रुक्मः)
TypeVerb
Root√भा (भाति)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni (fire)
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
धारयन्holding, supporting
धारयन्:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeParticiple
Root√धृ (धरति) causative/denominative sense ‘to hold, support’; present active participle
द्रविणोदाम्the wealth-giver
द्रविणोदाम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootद्रविण (प्रातिपदिक ‘wealth’) + दा (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त ‘giver’, from √दा)

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