Rig Veda 10.129.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 129, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.129
Rishi: Prajāpati Parameṣṭhin
Devata: Tad Ekam emerging through tapas
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तम आसीत्तमसा गूळ्हमग्रेऽप्रकेतं सलिलं सर्वमा इदम् । तुच्छ्येनाभ्वपिहितं यदासीत्तपसस्तन्महिनाजायतैकम् ॥
Transliteration
táma āsīt támasā gūḷhám ágre ’praketáṃ saliláṃ sárvam ā́ idám | túcchyena ā́bhu ápihitaṃ yád āsīt tápasas tán mahínā́jāyataíkam ||
Translation
はじめ、闇が闇によって覆われていた。ここにあるすべては、しるしなき無相の水であった。虚無と捉えがたきものに覆われて横たわっていたそれは、熱力（tapas）の大いなる威力によって、唯一者として生じた。
Word by Word
तमःdarkness
तमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *temH- ‘अन्धकार’
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)
तमसाby/with darkness
तमसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्
गूळ्हम्hidden, concealed
गूळ्हम्:
—
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√गुह् (गोपने) → गूळ्ह (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि/क्त)
अग्रेin the beginning
अग्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (adverbial use)
Rootअग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अप्रकेतम्without discernment, unmanifest
अप्रकेतम्:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-प्रकेत (प्रातिपदिक); प्रकेत ‘प्रज्ञा/चेतना’
सलिलम्watery flood, primeval fluid
सलिलम्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
आcompletely, all around
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
इदम्this (universe)
इदम्:
Kartā (सलिलम्… इदम् = ‘this (all)’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तुच्छ्येनby emptiness/voidness
तुच्छ्येन:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootतुच्छ्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘तुच्छ’ से व्युत्पन्न)
अभुby non-being, by absence
अभु:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootअभु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अ-भू’ = ‘असत्/अभाव’)
अपिहितम्covered, enveloped
अपिहितम्:
—
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootअपि-√धा (आवरणे) → अपिहित (कृदन्त-क्त)
यत्which
यत्:
Kartā
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
तपसःof/from heat (austerity, ardor)
तपसः:
Apādāna (उत्पत्त्यर्थे ‘from/out of’)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
महिनाby (its) greatness/power
महिना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun (instrumental of manner/power)
Rootमहिन्/महिमा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मह्’ वृद्धि/महत्त्व)
अजायतwas born, arose
अजायत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (प्रादुर्भावे/जन्मनि) + अ (अग्म)
एकम्one (single principle)
एकम्:
—
TypeNumeral/Adjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
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