Rig Veda 10.129.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 129, Mantra 5
Sukta 10.129
Rishi: Prajāpati Parameṣṭhin
Devata: Cosmic powers of generation (retodhāḥ, mahimānaḥ) within the One-process
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तिरश्चीनो विततो रश्मिरेषामधः स्विदासी३दुपरि स्विदासी३त् । रेतोधा आसन्महिमान आसन्त्स्वधा अवस्तात्प्रयतिः परस्तात् ॥
Transliteration
tiraścī́no vítato raśmír eṣām adháḥ svíd āsī́d úpari svid āsī́t | retodhā́ āsan mahimā́na āsan svadhā́ avastā́t práyatiḥ parástāt ||
Translation
彼らの光線は横たわって張り渡された――下にあったのか、あるいは上にあったのか。種を宿す者（retodhā）があり、偉力あるものがあった。自らの法（svadhā）は下に、前進の衝動（prayatiḥ）は彼方に。
Word by Word
तिरश्चीनःcrosswise, transverse
तिरश्चीनः:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण रश्मिः-शब्दस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootतिरश्ची (प्रातिपदिक) < तिरस् + अञ्च्
विततःstretched out, extended
विततः:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण रश्मिः-शब्दस्य)
TypeAdjective (PPP)
Root√तन् (तनू) → वि-तत (कृदन्त)
रश्मिःcord, ray, line
रश्मिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरश्मि (प्रातिपदिक)
एषाम्of these
एषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एष
अधःbelow
अधः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधस् (अव्यय)
स्वित्indeed? / perhaps
स्वित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootस्वित् (निपात)
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू) (लङ्)
उपरिabove
उपरि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउपरि (अव्यय)
स्वित्indeed? / perhaps
स्वित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootस्वित् (निपात)
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू) (लङ्)
रेतोधाःseed-placers; those who set/hold the seed
रेतोधाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective (compound)
Rootरेतस् + √धा (धारयति) → रेतो-धा (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास; प्रातिपदिक)
आसन्were
आसन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू) (लङ्)
महिमानःgreat powers, vastnesses
महिमानः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमहिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
आसन्were
आसन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू) (लङ्)
स्वधाown power; inherent ordinance
स्वधा:
Kartā (अवस्ता-शब्दस्य विशेषण/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun (also used adverbially)
Rootस्वधा (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगः; वैदिक)
अवस्तात्from below, beneath
अवस्तात्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअवस्तात् (अव्यय)
प्रयतिःimpulse, forward drive
प्रयतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्रयति (प्रातिपदिक) < प्र-√यत्/√यम् (प्रयत्न/गमन-भाव)
परस्तात्from beyond, from above/farther side
परस्तात्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरस्तात् (अव्यय)
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