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Rig Veda 2.10.3: Mandala 2, Sukta 10, Mantra 3

Sukta 2.10

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

उत्तानायामजनयन्त्सुषूतं भुवदग्निः पुरुपेशासु गर्भः । शिरिणायां चिदक्तुना महोभिरपरीवृतो वसति प्रचेताः ॥

uttānā́yām ajanayan suṣū́taṃ bhúvad agníḥ puru-péśāsu gárbhaḥ | śíriṇāyāṃ cid aktúnā máhobhir áparīvṛto vasati prá-cetāḥ ||

Dans l’Étendue ils ont engendré le Bien-né : Agni devint l’embryon aux formes multiples. Même dans le sol dur, par la nuit et par de grandes puissances, le Conscient demeure, sans voile, éveillé vers la voie.

उत्तानायाम्in/at the outstretched (place/position)
उत्तानायाम्:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun/Adjective (used substantively)
Rootउत्तान (प्रातिपदिक)
अजनयन्they generated/produced
अजनयन्:
कर्तृ (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनने)
सुषूतम्well-born, well-begotten
सुषूतम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (past participial)
Rootसु- + √सू (प्रसवे) → सुषूत (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि/विशेषण)
भुवत्being, coming into being
भुवत्:
क्रियाविशेषण (भाव)
TypeVerb (participial form used predicatively)
Root√भू (भवने)
अग्निःAgni (fire-god)
अग्निः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरुपेशासुin/among many forms (or adornments)
पुरुपेशासु:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective (compound) used with locative plural
Rootपुरु- + पेशस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘form/ornament/appearance’)
गर्भःembryo, germ; the one conceived
गर्भः:
कर्तृ/सम्बन्ध (अग्नेः)
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
शिरिणायाम्in/on the stone (stony place)
शिरिणायाम्:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootशिरिणा (प्रातिपदिक; RV: ‘stone/rocky (place), stony bed’)
चित्even, indeed
चित्:
सम्बन्ध (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय)
अक्तुनाby/with the night (darkness)
अक्तुना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअक्तु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘night/darkness’)
महःभिःwith great powers/might
महःभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमहि/महस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘greatness, might’)
अपरीवृतःnot enclosed, unobstructed
अपरीवृतः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (past participle)
Rootअ- + परि-√वृत् (वरणे/आवरणे) → अपरीवृत (कृदन्त)
वसतिdwells, abides
वसति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वस् (निवासे)
प्रचेताःthe wise one, the foreknower
प्रचेताः:
कर्तृ (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootप्र-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘foreknowing, wise, provident’)

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