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Rig Veda 10.129.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 129, Mantra 2

Sukta 10.129

Rishi: Prajāpati Parameṣṭhin
Devata: Tad Ekam (the One) as the implicit absolute
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न मृत्युरासीदमृतं न तर्हि न रात्र्या अह्न आसीत्प्रकेतः । आनीदवातं स्वधया तदेकं तस्माद्धान्यन्न परः किं चनास ॥

Transliteration

ná mṛtyúr āsīd amṛ́taṃ ná tárhi ná rā́tryā áhna āsīt praketáḥ | ā́nīd avātáṃ svadháyā tád ékaṃ tásmād dhā́nyan ná paraḥ kíṃ canā́sa ||

Translation

Alors il n’y avait ni mort ni immortalité; nul signe manifeste de la nuit et du jour. L’Un respirait sans souffle, par sa propre puissance (svadhā); en dehors de Cela, il n’existait absolument rien d’autre.

Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
मृत्युःdeath
मृत्युः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
अमृतम्immortality (deathlessness)
अमृतम्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तर्हिthen; at that time
तर्हि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतर्हि
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
रात्र्याःof night
रात्र्याः:
—
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
अह्नःof day
अह्नः:
—
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
प्रकेतःmanifest; distinguishable (having clear sign)
प्रकेतः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रकेत (प्रातिपदिक)
आनीत्breathed
आनीत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अन् (अनिति ‘to breathe’)
अवातम्without wind
अवातम्:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-वात (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वधयाby its own power; by inherent law/force
स्वधया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एकम्one (alone)
एकम्:
Kartā
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
तस्मात्from that
तस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हindeed
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह
अन्यत्anything else
अन्यत्:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
परःbeyond; other
परः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
किम्anything (whatsoever)
किम्:
Kartā
TypeInterrogative pronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चनat all
चन:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचन
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
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