Rig Veda 1.140.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 140, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.140
Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (traditional for RV 1.140; verify in anukramaṇī)
Devata: Agni (as dvi-janmā)
Chandas: Jagatī or Triṣṭubh (uncertain; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभि द्विजन्मा त्रिवृदन्नमृज्यते संवत्सरे वावृधे जग्धमी पुनः । अन्यस्यासा जिह्वया जेन्यो वृषा न्यन्येन वनिनो मृष्ट वारणः ॥
Transliteration
abhi dvi-janmā tri-vṛd annam ṛjyate saṃvatsare vāvṛdhe jagdham īm punaḥ | anyasyā sā jihvayā jenyo vṛṣā ny anyena vanino mṛṣṭa vāraṇaḥ ||
Translation
二度生まれの者は搾られ、整えられて三重の食に供される。歳月（サンヴァツァラ）を経て、食されたのちにも再び成長する。ひとつの口と舌で、勝利する牡牛は味わい、もうひとつで求める者たちを清める——力の象、磨かれて清浄なるもの。
Word by Word
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय
द्विजन्माthe twice-born (one having two births)
द्विजन्मा:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootद्वि + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) → द्विजन्मन्
त्रिवृत्threefold, triply-encompassing
त्रिवृत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि + वृत् (प्रातिपदिक) → त्रिवृत्
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋज्यतेis arranged/ordered, is made ready
ऋज्यते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootऋज् (धातु; ‘to make straight/arrange, set in order’)
संवत्सरेin the year, within the yearly cycle
संवत्सरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसंवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
वावृधेhas grown, has increased
वावृधे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवृध् (धातु; ‘to grow, increase’)
जग्धम्eaten, that which is eaten
जग्धम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple
Rootग्रह्/गर्ह्? → गॄ/गॢ? (वेद. ‘to eat’) ; √जघ्/जघस (भक्षणे) से कृदन्त
इवas if, like
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
अन्यस्याःof another (female), of the other
अन्यस्याः:
—
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आसाsat, has sat (was seated)
आसा:
—
TypeVerb
Rootआस् (धातु; ‘to sit’) / अथवा ‘आस्’ इत्यस्य लिट् रूप
जिह्वयाwith the tongue
जिह्वया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootजिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
जेन्यःnoble, of good stock
जेन्यः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootजेन्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of the race/fit for victory, noble’)
वृषाthe bull (vigorous male)
वृषा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
निdown, into
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अन्येनwith another (one), by another
अन्येन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वनिनःof the forest-one / of the wooded (one)
वनिनः:
—
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवनिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wooded/forest-dwelling; possessing wood/forest’)
मृष्टcleansed, polished
मृष्ट:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootमृज् (धातु; ‘to wipe, cleanse, polish’)
वारणःthe elephant / the restrainer (lit. ‘warder’)
वारणः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवारण (प्रातिपदिक)
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