Rig Veda 3.29.11: Mandala 3, Sukta 29, Mantra 11

Sukta 3.29

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional)

Devata: Agni (in forms Tanūnapāt / Narāśaṃsa; with Mātariśvan as associated power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तनूनपादुच्यते गर्भ आसुरो नराशंसो भवति यद्विजायते । मातरिश्वा यदमिमीत मातरि वातस्य सर्गो अभवत्सरीमणि ॥

Transliteration

tanūnápād ucyate gárbha āsuró narāśáṃso bhavati yád vijā́yate | mātáriśvā yád amímīta mātári vā́tasya sárgo abhavat sarī́maṇi ||

Translation

On l’appelle Tanūnapāt, l’embryon de la puissance lumineuse; il devient Narāśaṃsa lorsqu’il naît au dehors. Et lorsque Mātariśvan le mesura dans la Mère, advint l’effusion, la délivrance du Vent sur la voie qui s’écoule.

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• तनूनपात्: Tanūnapāt (a divine epithet, esp. of Agni)
• तनूनपात्: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: तनूनपात् (प्रातिपदिक; तन् + नपात्)

• उच्यते: is called / is said
• उच्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)

• गर्भः: embryo; hidden one
• गर्भः: कर्तृ (सम्बन्ध-वाक्ये) / विधेय-नाम
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आसुरः: asuric; belonging to the Asura
• आसुरः: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसुर (प्रातिपदिक; असुर-सम्बन्धी)

• नराशंसः: Narāśaṃsa (praise of men; a divine epithet)
• नराशंसः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: नराशंस (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवति: becomes / is
• भवति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• यत्: when; that which
• यत्: अधिकरण/सम्बन्ध (यदा-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विजायते: is born forth; comes to birth
• विजायते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + वि- (उपसर्ग)

• मातरिश्वा: Mātariśvan (a divine being; often the bringer of fire)
• मातरिश्वा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: मातरिश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: what; which
• यत्: कर्म (अमीमीत इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अमीमीत: measured out; apportioned
• अमीमीत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (धातु; मिमीते/मिमीत ‘to measure’)

• मातरि: in the mother
• मातरि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वातस्य: of the wind
• वातस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्गः: rush; emission; impulse
• सर्गः: कर्तृ / विधेय-नाम
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक; √सृज्-सम्बन्ध)

• अभवत्: came to be; arose
• अभवत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + अभि- (उपसर्ग)

• सरीमणि: in the course/track of flowing; in the stream (of motion)
• सरीमणि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun (locative adverbial)
• Root: सरीमन्/सरीम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘running/flowing’ इत्यर्थे) + इ (सप्तमी-एकवचन)