Rig Veda 10.32.8: Mandala 10, Sukta 32, Mantra 8
Sukta 10.32
Rishi: Unknown/varied traditions for RV 10.32; commonly treated as Indra hymn with late book attributions uncertain
Devata: Vasu (beneficent power) / Mother-source (Aditi-like) in a symbolic developmental scene
Chandas: Jagatī (likely; 12-syllable tendency in 10.32; requires full metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अद्येदु प्राणीदममन्निमाहापीवृतो अधयन्मातुरूधः । एमेनमाप जरिमा युवानमहेळन्वसुः सुमना बभूव ॥
Transliteration
adyéd u prá̄́ṇīd ámaman imā́ áhā́pīvṛto adhayann mātúr ū́dhaḥ | émenam āpa jarímā yúvānam áheḷan vásuḥ sumánā babhūva ||
Translation
आज उसने साँस ली और दिनों को बनाया। माँ के पास से दूध पिया। वो जवान था फिर भी उसपर बुढ़ापा आ गया। पर वो गुस्से में नहीं आया, खुश रहता है और देना जानता है।
Word by Word
अद्यtoday
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
इदुindeed
इदु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइदु (निपात)
प्राणिthe living being (creature)
प्राणि:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्राणि (प्राणिन्- प्रातिपदिक)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम)
अमम्ate
अमम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअम् (धातु; अम् = to eat) / अम (प्रातिपदिक as object-form)
अन्निfood
अन्नि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्नि (अन्नि- प्रातिपदिक; ‘food’/‘grain’)
इमम्this (one)
इमम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइम (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आहsaid
आह:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (धातु; to say) / आह (परिपूर्ण-रूप)
अपिalso
अपि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
आवृतःcovered, enclosed
आवृतः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootआ-वृत् (धातु; to cover, surround) / आवृत (कृदन्त)
अधयत्sucked/imbibed
अधयत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअधि-या (धातु; to go to, approach; in Vedic also ‘to suck/imbibe’ in context) / अधयत्
मातुःof the mother
मातुः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊधःudder
ऊधः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootऊधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
एमेwent/has gone
एमे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु; to go) / एमे
एनम्him
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्/एन (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आपreached
आप:
—
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (धातु; to reach, obtain) / आप
जरिमाold age
जरिमा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootजरिमन् (प्रातिपदिक; old age, decay)
युवानम्the young (man)
युवानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयुवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अहेळन्not hostile, uninjuring
अहेळन्:
Viśeṣaṇa (of वसु:)
TypeAdjective
Rootहेल्/हिड् (धातु; to be angry, to injure) / अ-हेळन् (नञ्-समास/विशेषण)
वसुःthe good one/benefactor (Vasu)
वसुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
सुमनाkindly disposed
सुमना:
Viśeṣaṇa (of वसुः)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-मनस् (प्रातिपदिक; good-minded, gracious)
बभूवbecame
बभूव:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु; to be) / बभूव
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