Rig Veda 10.142.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 142, Mantra 5
Sukta 10.142
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्रत्यस्य श्रेणयो ददृश्र एकं नियानं बहवो रथासः । बाहू यदग्ने अनुमर्मृजानो न्यङ्ङुत्तानामन्वेषि भूमिम् ॥
Transliteration
práty asya śréṇayo dadṛśré ékaṃ niyā́naṃ bahávo ráthāsaḥ | bāhū́ yád agne anumarmṛjānó nyàṅ ut-tā́nām anvéṣi bhū́mim ||
Translation
彼に向かって、隊列が見える——多くの戦車がただ一つの進路へと収斂する。アグニ（Agni）よ、汝が両腕で擦り清めつつ、伸びひろがる大地に沿って下へと探り進むとき——汝は道を一つにし、散った動きを正しき進行へとまとめ上げる。
Word by Word
प्रत्यस्यof this; in return/towards this
प्रत्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeIndeclinable + Pronoun
Rootप्रति + अस्य (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
श्रेणयःlines, ranks, rows
श्रेणयः:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेणि- (प्रातिपदिक)
ददृश्रेhave appeared/been seen
ददृश्रे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√दृश् (दर्शन) [Vedic: perf. middle]
एकम्one
एकम्:
कर्म (object)
TypeAdjective/Numeral
Rootएक- (प्रातिपदिक)
नियानम्a single guiding course/track; one lead
नियानम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनियान- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘leading/guide/track’)
बहवःmany
बहवः:
विशेषण (of रथासः)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु- (प्रातिपदिक)
रथासःchariots
रथासः:
कर्तृ (co-subject with श्रेणयः)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ- (प्रातिपदिक)
बाहूthe two arms
बाहू:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु- (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which/that
यत्:
कर्म (relative object)
TypePronoun/Relative
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुमर्मृजानःwiping/cleansing along; stroking after
अनुमर्मृजानः:
कर्तृ (participial, agreeing with implied ‘त्वम्/अग्निः’)
TypeParticiple
Rootअनु + √मृज् (मार्जन ‘to wipe/clean’)
न्यक्downwards
न्यक्:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि + अञ्च् (अव्ययीकृत; ‘downwards’)
उत्तानाम्outstretched, extended (flat)
उत्तानाम्:
विशेषण (of भूमिम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तान- (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्वेषिyou seek, you search
अन्वेषि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअनु + √इष्/√एष् (Vedic: ‘to seek, search’)
भूमिम्the earth/ground
भूमिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि- (प्रातिपदिक)
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Vedic Cosmology
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