Rig Veda 10.18.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 18, Mantra 6
Sukta 10.18
Rishi: RV 10.18 funerary hymn seer tradition.
Devata: Tvaṣṭṛ (Fashioner) as the power that reforms life and embodiment; supports longevity.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ रोहतायुर्जरसं वृणाना अनुपूर्वं यतमाना यति ष्ठ । इह त्वष्टा सुजनिमा सजोषा दीर्घमायुः करति जीवसे वः ॥
Transliteration
ā́ rohata ā́yur járasaṃ vṛṇānā́ anupūrváṃ yátamānā yáti ṣṭha | ihá tváṣṭā sujánimā sajóṣā dī́rgham ā́yuḥ karati jīváse vaḥ ||
Translation
起き上がれ、生命とその熟成する老いを選び取りつつ。正しい順序に努めて進み、前へ行って立て。ここにてトヴァシュトリ（Tvaṣṭṛ）が、善き生み出しの力をもって、同心に、汝らのために生きるべき長寿を成したまえ。
Word by Word
आforth, up (as preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
रोहतclimb, mount
रोहत:
Kartā (implied ‘you all’)
TypeVerb
Rootरुह् (धातु) / ruh
आयुःlife, lifespan
आयुः:
Karma (object of ‘choose’)
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस् (प्रातिपदिक) / āyus
जरसम्old age, aging
जरसम्:
Karma (co-object with āyus)
TypeNoun
Rootजरस् (प्रातिपदिक) / jaras
वृणानाchoosing (for oneself)
वृणाना:
Kartā (agreeing with implied feminine subject, e.g. ‘(she/they) choosing’)
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (धातु) / vṛ ‘choose’
अनुपूर्वम्in due order, successively
अनुपूर्वम्:
—
TypeAdjective/Adverb
Rootअनुपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) / anupūrva
यतमानाःstriving, making effort
यतमानाः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootयत् (धातु) / yat ‘strive, exert’
यतिthe ascetic, the self-controlled one
यति:
Kartā (subject of ‘goes’/‘moves’ implied)
TypeNoun
Rootयति (प्रातिपदिक) / yati
ष्ठstand; stay; take your place
ष्ठ:
Kartā (addressed ‘you’)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु) / sthā
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय) / iha
त्वष्टाTvaṣṭṛ (the divine artisan)
त्वष्टा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootत्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक) / tvaṣṭṛ
सुजनिमाgood birth/creation; good begetting
सुजनिमा:
Karma (what is fashioned/appointed)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसु-जनिमन्/जनिमा (प्रातिपदिक) / su-janiman
सजोषाःin concord, of one mind
सजोषाः:
Kartā (agreeing with a plural subject, e.g. ‘you all, being of one accord’)
TypeAdjective
Rootसजोषस् (प्रातिपदिक) / sajoṣas
दीर्घम्long
दीर्घम्:
Karma (qualifying āyus)
TypeAdjective
Rootदीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) / dīrgha
आयुःlife, lifespan
आयुः:
Karma (object of ‘makes’)
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस् (प्रातिपदिक) / āyus
करतिmakes, fashions
करति:
— (verbal predicate; kartā = Tvaṣṭā)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) / kṛ
जीवसेfor living, to live
जीवसे:
Sampradāna/Purpose
TypeVerb
Rootजीव् (धातु) / jīv
वःfor you; of you (pl.)
वः:
Sampradāna/Beneficiary
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम) / yuṣmad
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