Rig Veda 10.35.8: Mandala 10, Sukta 35, Mantra 8
Sukta 10.35
- Devata
- Ṛta/Devāḥ as the source of the Word
- Chandas
- Jagatī
- Rasa
- Adbhuta (wonder) and Shanta (peace)
पिपर्तु मा तदृतस्य प्रवाचनं देवानां यन्मनुष्या अमन्महि । विश्वा इदुस्राः स्पळुदेति सूर्यः स्वस्त्यग्निं समिधानमीमहे ॥
pípartu mā tád ṛtásya prá-vācanam devā́nāṁ yán manuṣyā́ amanmahi | víśvā íd usrā́ḥ spaṭ úd eti sū́ryaḥ svastí agníṁ samidhānám īmahe ||
भगवान की वो बात मुझे भर दे जो हम इंसान समझ गए हैं। सारी रोशनियाँ साफ़ दिखती हैं जब सूरज निकलता है। हम शांति के लिए अग्नि को बुलाते हैं जो अंदर जल रहा है।
Word by Word
- पिपर्तु
- may (it/he) fill / may it bring to fullnessVerbलोट् (आज्ञार्थे), परस्मैपदम्, प्र. 3, एकवचनम्Role (क्रिया)Root पॄ (पॄ/पॢ) ‘पूरणे’
- मा
- mePronounद्वितीया/चतुर्थी? एकवचनम् (एन्क्लिटिक ‘मा’ = माम्/मह्यम्; here object ‘me’)Role कर्मRoot अस्मद् (अहम्) सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक
- तत्
- thatPronounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम् (here demonstrative to following noun)Role (विशेषण-सम्बन्धः)Root तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक
- ऋतस्य
- of ṛta (cosmic order / truth)Nounनपुंसकलिङ्ग (RV usage often n.), षष्ठी, एकवचनम्Role सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)Root ऋत- (प्रातिपदिक)
- प्रवाचनम्
- proclamation / utteranceNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम् (here as thing to be ‘filled/fulfilled’)Role कर्मRoot प्र-वच् (धातु) → प्रवाचन- (कृदन्त/नाम)
- देवानाम्
- of the godsNounपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचनम्Role सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)Root देव- (प्रातिपदिक)
- यत्
- whichRelative pronounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम् (object of ‘amannmahi’)Role कर्मRoot यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक
- मनुष्याः
- (we) humansNounपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्Role कर्तृRoot मनुष्य- (प्रातिपदिक)
- अमन्महि
- we have thought / we have understoodVerbलुङ् (अorist), आत्मनेपदम्, प्र. 1, बहुवचनम्Role (क्रिया)Root मन् (मनुते) ‘मनने/ज्ञाने’
- विश्वाः
- allAdjectiveस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम् (agreeing with ‘उस्राः’)Role कर्तृ-विशेषणRoot विश्व- (प्रातिपदिक)
- इत्
- indeed / justIndeclinableनिपातः (emphatic)Role (निपात)Root इत् (निपात)
- उस्राः
- dawns / ruddy lightsNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्Role कर्तृRoot उस्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
- स्पळ्
- (a Vedic particle: ‘forth/fully/indeed’)Indeclinableवेदिक-निपातः (intensifier/connector; exact nuance debated)Role (निपात)Root स्पळ् (निपात/अव्यय; RV particle) अथवा ‘स्पर्/स्पृश्’ इत्यस्य अव्ययीभूत-रूपम् (वेदिक)
- उदेति
- rises upVerbलट्, परस्मैपदम्, प्र. 3, एकवचनम्Role (क्रिया)Root उद्-इ (एति) ‘गत्यर्थे’
- सूर्यः
- the SunNounपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्Role कर्तृRoot सूर्य- (प्रातिपदिक)
- स्वस्ति
- well-being / auspiciouslyIndeclinableमङ्गलार्थक-अव्ययम्Role (क्रियाविशेषण/आशीः)Root स्वस्ति (अव्यय/निपात; su+asti)
- अग्निम्
- AgniNounपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्Role कर्मRoot अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
- समिधानम्
- being kindled / kindlingParticiple (Adjective) used substantivelyपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम् (agreeing with ‘अग्निम्’)Role कर्म-विशेषणRoot सम्-इध् ‘दीप्तौ’ → समिधान- (कृदन्त, शानच्/मान)
- ईमहे
- we seek / we invokeVerbलट्, आत्मनेपदम्, प्र. 1, बहुवचनम्Role (क्रिया)Root ईम्/इ (ईमहे) ‘गत्यर्थे/याचने’ (वेदिक प्रयोगः: ‘to seek, to go to, to invoke’)
Sandhi Notes
- Sandhi resolution (padapāṭha-style): पिपर्तु मा तत् ऋतस्य प्रवाचनम् देवानाम् यत् मनुष्याः अमन्महि । विश्वाः इत् उस्राः स्पळ् उदेति सूर्यः । स्वस्ति अग्निम् समिधानम् ईमहे ॥ Notes: (1) तदृ॒तस्य॑ = तत् + ऋतस्य. (2) दे॒वानां॒ यन्म॑नु॒ष्या॒ = देवानाम् + यत् + मनुष्याः. (3) विश्वा॒ इदु॒स्राः = विश्वाः + इत् + उस्राः. (4) स्पळुदे॑ति = स्पळ् + उदेति. (5) स्व॒स्त्य१॒॑ग्निं = स्वस्ति + अग्निम्. (6) समिधा॒नमी॑महे = समिधानम् + ईमहे. Accent marks retained as in saṃhitā
- pada-forms shown without accent for morphological clarity
The meaning
Outer meaning
May that utterance of Ṛta fill me—the word of the gods which we mortals have perceived. All the radiant lights clearly rise up as the Sun goes forth. For well-being we seek Agni who is being kindled.
Inner meaning
The seeker asks to be filled by ‘ṛtasya pravācana’—the true utterance of cosmic order: the mantric Word that originates in the gods (higher powers of consciousness) and becomes perceptible to mortals when the inner hearing awakens. This is revelation: not constructed thought, but received truth-speech. As Sūrya goes forth, all usrāḥ—radiant lights/rays of knowledge—rise clearly (spaṭ): obscurity is replaced by evident seeing. The refrain again seals the revelation in practice: Agni kindled within makes the Word effective as transformation and svasti.
Universal truth
When consciousness aligns with truth-order, a higher Word is heard within; clear seeing arises naturally, and disciplined will embodies that truth as well-being.
Themes
Rita proclamation, Revelation to mortals, Sun as manifestation of truth, Inner fullness
The seer
- Other hymns
- Rig Veda 10.35.4, Rig Veda 10.35.5, Rig Veda 10.35.6, Rig Veda 10.35.7
Significance
This is the climax of the sequence: from dawn-illumination and purification to the reception of Ṛta’s Word—revelation that fills the being and becomes clear seeing (spaṭ) under Sūrya.
The deity
- Devata
- Ṛta (as source of the Word) with Devāḥ; Sūrya manifestation; Agni refrain
- Epithets
- ṛtasya pravācana (utterance of Ṛta), spaṭ (clear), usrāḥ (radiant)
- Related deities
- Vāc, Bṛhaspati (lord of the word), Sarasvatī (inspiration), Sūrya, Agni
Cosmic role
Ṛta is the law of right order; Devāḥ are its conscious executors; Sūrya reveals; Agni enacts and purifies.
Inner power
Revelatory speech (vāc) aligning mind to truth; clear discrimination; transformative ardor to embody the revelation.
In ritual
Where it is used
Recitation connected to dawn/sunrise and truth-speaking; suitable for beginnings of study or recitation
पिप॑र्तु मा॒ तदृ॒तस्य॑ प्र॒वाच॑नं दे॒वानां॒ यन्म॑नु॒ष्या॒३॒॑ अम॑न्महि । विश्वा॒ इदु॒स्राः स्पळुदे॑ति॒ सूर्य॑: स्व॒स्त्य१॒॑ग्निं स॑मिधा॒नमी॑महे ॥
पिप॑र्तु । मा॒ । तत् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । प्र॒ऽवाच॑नम् । दे॒वाना॑म् । यत् । म॒नु॒ष्याः॑ । अम॑न्महि । विश्वाः॑ । इत् । उ॒स्राः । स्पट् । उत् । ए॒ति॒ । सूर्यः॑ । स्व॒स्ति । अ॒ग्निम् । स॒म्ऽइ॒धा॒नम् । ई॒म॒हे॒ ॥
pipartu | mā | tat | ṛtasya | pra-vācanam | devānām | yat | manuṣyāḥ | amanmahi | viśvāḥ | it | usrāḥ | spaṭ | ut | eti | sūryaḥ | svasti | agnim | sam-idhānam | īmahe
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4 × ~12 syllables
Mantric and declarative; the word ‘spaṭ’ gives a crisp percussive clarity within the flow.
Strengthens inner hearing and certainty; promotes a lucid, truth-aligned mental atmosphere.
- ऋतस्य (ṛtasya)
- Literal: of Ṛta, cosmic order. Symbolic: truth-law governing right becoming
- प्रवाचनम् (pravācanaṃ)
- Literal: utterance, proclamation. Symbolic: mantric revelation; truth-speech that forms reality
- देवानाम् (devānām)
- Literal: of the gods. Symbolic: origin in higher powers of consciousness
- मनुष्याः अमन्महि (manuṣyāḥ amanmahi)
- Literal: we mortals have perceived/understood. Symbolic: human mind becoming capable of revelation
- उस्राः (usrāḥ)
- Literal: radiant lights; (also ‘cows’ of light). Symbolic: rays of knowledge/illumination released in the mind
- स्पट् (spaṭ)
- Literal: clearly, distinctly. Symbolic: unmistakable clarity—removal of ambiguity
- सूर्यः उद् एति (sūryaḥ ud eti)
- Literal: the Sun rises/goes forth. Symbolic: truth-consciousness emerging to govern the day
- अग्निं समिधानम् (agniṃ samidhānam)
- Literal: Agni being kindled. Symbolic: ardent will that assimilates revelation
Mantric self-consecration: prayer that the ṛta-word fill the seeker; suited to moments of recitation/śruti-centered practice.
Morning; before svādhyāya, meditation, or important speech
Mental offering of speech into Agni; vow of truthful speech aligned to Ṛta
Use before journaling, teaching, or difficult conversations: invoke truth-order, clear perception, and disciplined speech.
pipartu from √pṛ ‘to fill, satisfy’ (benedictive/optative). ṛtá from √ṛ ‘to fit, move rightly’ → cosmic order/truth in action. pra-vācana from pra- + √vac ‘to speak’ → ‘proclamation’, the ‘Word’ of Ṛta. amanmahi from √man ‘to think’ (1pl perfect/injunctive-like: ‘we have come to recognize’). spaṭ is an adverb ‘clearly’ (clarity motif). usrāḥ ‘radiances/cows of light’ connects to dawn-light lexicon.
Ṛta as truth-order, Vāc (implicit) as divine word, Clarity (spaṭ) as unveiled knowledge
Explicit: the mantra asks to be filled with Ṛta’s utterance.
Truth becomes ‘spaṭ’—clear and evident—when Sūrya (truth-light) rises.
World and self are shaped by the divine Word; revelation is a creative force that brings light into manifestation.
Mantra-ontology: speech as power (Vāc) grounded in Ṛta; aligns with Upaniṣadic emphasis on inner light and truth.
sunrise
Sunrise = emergence of governing truth-consciousness; rays = knowledges; utterance = revelatory mantra heard inwardly.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The ‘Word of Ṛta’ revealed to mortals and confirmed by sunrise: revelation (divine speech) becomes inner fullness (pipartu mā), and the cosmic sign is the Sun’s clear arising with all lights—mythically dawn-confirmed revelation, psychologically the descent of truth-word into mind.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √vac ‘speak’ is PIE *wekʷ- (Latin vox, English voice). √man ‘think’ is PIE *men- (Greek ménos, mind). The truth-order concept ṛta has Indo-Iranian parallels (Avestan aša), reflecting a shared inherited idea of cosmic/right order.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The seeker asks to be filled by the divine proclamation of Ṛta—human cognition (amanmahi) participates in the gods’ speech. The Devata’s response is not only inner but cosmic: the Sun rises ‘clearly’, sealing the accord between revelation and manifestation.
Inner listening for Ṛta’s Word; cultivate clear perception (spaṭ); offer speech and thought into Agni for purification.
Viśuddha (truthful speech/revelation) with Ājñā (clarity)
Ujjāyī (soft) for 3 minutes; then silent mantra repetition synchronized with exhale, pausing briefly after ‘pravācanaṃ’.
Revelatory receptivity moving into luminous certitude.
Sit upright. Ask inwardly to be filled by the true Word. After recitation, keep 2–3 minutes of silence to ‘hear’ rather than think. Conclude by feeling Agni stabilize the received truth as a calm resolve.
Keep ‘spaṭ’ sharply articulated; follow udatta/svarita marks where available; refrain even and grounded.
Slightly lengthen ‘ṛtasya’ and ‘pravācanaṃ’ for gravity; articulate ‘spaṭ’ as a clear cut before ‘ud eti’.
ṛtasya: vocalic ‘ṛ’ (as in ‘ri’ but more syllabic), not ‘ra’, pravācanaṃ: long ‘ā’; final ‘ṃ’ nasalized, amanmahi: ‘a-man-ma-hi’ with clear ‘nm’ transition, spaṭ: retroflex ‘ṭ’ crisp; do not soften into ‘spat’
Low, steady, contemplative; crisp diction on clarity-words (spaṭ, jyotiḥ).
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