Rig Veda 1.68.8: Mandala 1, Sukta 68, Mantra 8
Sukta 1.68
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (traditional for RV 1.68)
Devata: Agni (implicitly as organizer of forces); also applicable to the Maruts/companions in some readings—needs full hymn context
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इच्छन्त रेतो मिथस्तनूषु सं जानत स्वैर्दक्षैरमूराः ॥
Transliteration
icchántá réto mithás tanū́ṣu sám jānata sváir dákṣair amū́rāḥ |
Translation
彼らは自らの身（tanu）における創生の種子（retas）を求め、己が正しい洞察（dakṣa）によって互いに了解し合う――迷妄なき者として、真の形成に同意して結ぶ。
Word by Word
इच्छन्तdesiring, seeking
इच्छन्त:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootइष् (इच्छ्) धातु
रेतःseed, semen
रेतः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरेतस् (प्रातिपदिक) < √रि/√री (to flow) (निघण्टु-परम्परा)
मिथःmutually, with one another
मिथः:
अधिकारण/परस्पर-सम्बन्ध (adverbial: ‘mutually’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमिथस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
तनूषुin (their) bodies
तनूषु:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
जानतknowing, recognizing
जानत:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा धातु
स्वैःwith their own
स्वैः:
करण
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दक्षैःskills, powers, capacities
दक्षैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootदक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
अमूराःnot foolish, not deluded
अमूराः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी
TypeAdjective
Rootअमूर (प्रातिपदिक; a- + मूर ‘मूढ/अविवेकी’)
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