Rig Veda 10.62.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 62, Mantra 6
Sukta 10.62
Rishi: Aṅgiras-tradition seers (hymn-context)
Devata: Agni / Aṅgirases (Navagvas, Daśagvas)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ये अग्नेः परि जज्ञिरे विरूपासो दिवस्परि । नवग्वो नु दशग्वो अङ्गिरस्तमो सचा देवेषु मंहते ॥
Transliteration
yé agnéḥ pári jajñire virū́pāso divás pári | náva-gvo nú dáśa-gvo aṅgíras-tamo sácā devéṣu maṃhate ||
Translation
अग्नि से पैदा हुए लोग, अलग-अलग रूप में, आसमान से आए। कभी नौ लोग बनते हैं, कभी दस। अंगिरस नाम का जो सबसे बड़ा है, वो देवियों के साथ मिलके बड़ा बन गया।
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
अग्नेःof Agni
अग्नेः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि-
परिaround; forth; (as preverb)
परि:
Upasarga/Adverbial
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootपरि
जज्ञिरेwere born; have been born
जज्ञिरे:
Kriyā (predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनि)
विरूपासःof diverse forms; various-shaped
विरूपासः:
Kartā (apposition to ये)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootवि-रूप-
दिवःfrom heaven; of heaven
दिवः:
Apādāna (with परि = ‘from/out of’ in sense) / Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ-
परिfrom around; forth from
परि:
Upasarga/Adverbial
TypeIndeclinable (preposition)
Rootपरि
नवग्वःNavagva (one of the Navagvas)
नवग्वः:
Kartā (appositional epithet)
TypeNoun (tribal/ritual group name)
Rootनवग्व- (प्रातिपदिक; name/epithet)
नुnow; indeed
नु:
Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootनु
दशग्वःDaśagva (one of the Daśagvas)
दशग्वः:
Kartā (appositional epithet)
TypeNoun (tribal/ritual group name)
Rootदशग्व- (प्रातिपदिक; name/epithet)
अङ्गिरस्तमःthe most Angiras-like; best of the Aṅgirases
अङ्गिरस्तमः:
Kartā (apposition; chief subject epithet)
TypeNoun/Adjective (superlative epithet)
Rootअङ्गिरस्- + तमप् (superlative) → अङ्गिरस्-तम-
सचाtogether with; in company
सचा:
Adverbial (association)
TypeIndeclinable (adverb/preposition)
Rootसचा
देवेषुamong the gods
देवेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sphere)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-
मंहतेis bountiful; bestows; grants
मंहते:
Kriyā (predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√मंह् (मंहते) / √मह् (Vedic: to be liberal, to grant)
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