Rig Veda 10.188.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 188, Mantra 1
Sukta 10.188
Devata: Agni Jātavedas
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र नूनं जातवेदसमश्वं हिनोत वाजिनम् । इदं नो बर्हिरासदे ॥
Transliteration
prá nūnáṃ jā́tavedasam áśvaṃ hinota vā́jinam | idáṃ no bर्हír āsáde ||
Translation
अब जातवेदस के घोड़े को आगे भागो। वो ताकतवर है और सामान लाता है। आओ और इस जगह पर बैठो जहाँ हमने पूजा की है।
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
नूनम्now, indeed
नूनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम्
जातवेदसम्Jātavedas (Agni), ‘knower of births/creatures’
जातवेदसम्:
Karma (object of implied address/bringing-forth; in sense ‘(invoke) Jātavedas’)
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Agni)
अश्वम्horse
अश्वम्:
Karma (object of हिनोत)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
हिनोतimpels, drives on
हिनोत:
Kriyā (verbal action); Kartā understood (Jātavedas/Agni)
TypeVerb
Rootहि (धातु; ‘to impel, set in motion’)
वाजिनम्swift/strong; prize-winning (steed)
वाजिनम्:
Karma (in apposition to अश्वम्)
TypeAdjective/Substantive
Rootवाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Kartā (of implied copula / deictic subject: ‘this …’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary: ‘for us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
बर्हिःsacrificial grass, barhis
बर्हिः:
Kartā (subject of आसदे)
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
आसदेsits down, is spread/laid for sitting
आसदे:
Kriyā (verbal action); subject = बर्हिः
TypeVerb
Rootआ + सद् (धातु; ‘to sit, settle’)
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