Rig Veda 7.66.10: Mandala 7, Sukta 66, Mantra 10
Sukta 7.66
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Ādityas / divine seers upholding ṛta (contextually within Mitra–Varuṇa hymn)
Chandas: Jagatī (lengthened cadence possible here; verse appears longer than standard Triṣṭubh)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
बहवः सूरचक्षसोऽग्निजिह्वा ऋतावृधः । त्रीणि ये येमुर्विदथानि धीतिभिर्विश्वानि परिभूतिभिः ॥
Transliteration
bahávaḥ sū́racakṣaso ’gnijihvā́ ṛtā́vṛdhaḥ | trī́ṇi yé yémur vidháthāni dhītíbhir víśvāni paribhūtíbhiḥ ||
Translation
बहुत लोग हैं जो सूरज की रोशनी में देखते हैं। उनकी जीभ आग जैसी है और वो सच्चाई से बड़े हैं। उन्होंने यज्ञ के तीन हिसाब बनाए हैं। वो हर चीज़ को अपने ज्ञान से समेट लेते हैं।
Word by Word
बहवःmany (ones)
बहवः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootबहु-
सूरचक्षसःsun-eyed / having radiant sight
सूरचक्षसः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootसूर-चक्षस्- (तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि: ‘having sun(-like) sight’)
अग्निजिह्वाःfire-tongued
अग्निजिह्वाः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootअग्नि-जिह्वा- (बहुव्रीहि: ‘whose tongue is fire’)
ऋतावृधःṛta-increasing / strengthened by cosmic order
ऋतावृधः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootऋत-वृध्- (कृदन्त/बहुव्रीहि: ‘grown by/with ṛta’)
त्रीणिthree
त्रीणि:
कर्म
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootत्रि-
येwho
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम)
येमुःthey held / they directed
येमुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (यच्छति/यमति ‘to hold, restrain, direct’)
विदथानिassemblies / ritual sessions
विदथानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootविदथ-
धीतिभिःwith thoughts / hymnic insights
धीतिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootधीति-
विश्वानिall (things)
विश्वानि:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व-
परिaround, all about
परि:
उपसर्ग/क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootपरि
भूतिभिःwith powers / prosperities / manifestations
भूतिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootभूति- (from √भू ‘to be, become’)
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