Rig Veda 10.21.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 21, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.21
Rishi: Unknown from provided excerpt
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Likely Jagatī/Triṣṭubh (uncertain)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वे धर्माण आसते जुहूभिः सिञ्चतीरिव । कृष्णा रूपाण्यर्जुना वि वो मदे विश्वा अधि श्रियो धिषे विवक्षसे ॥
Transliteration
tvé dharmā́ṇā āsate juhū́bhiḥ siñcatī́r iva | kṛṣṇā́ rūpā́ṇy árjunā ví vo made víśvā ádhi śríyo dhiṣe vívakṣase ||
Translation
汝のうちに、行為の諸法（dharma）は坐し、あたかも祭杓（juhū）にて注がれたるがごとし。汝は黒き形と白き形とを整え、われらの歓喜（mada）において、あらゆる光輝（śrī）をその拠りどころに据え、顕現せしめんと欲す。
Word by Word
त्वेin/at you
त्वे:
अधिकारण
TypePronoun
Rootत्वम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धर्माणःsupports/ordinances, sustaining powers
धर्माणः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; √धृ ‘to hold, support’)
आसतेsit/abide
आसते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√आस् (आसँ) ‘to sit, abide’
जुहूभिःwith ladles (sacrificial spoons)
जुहूभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootजुहू (प्रातिपदिक)
सिञ्चतीःpouring
सिञ्चतीः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√सिच् ‘to pour, sprinkle’
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
कृष्णाblack, dark
कृष्णा:
विशेषण (कर्तृ/कर्म-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
रूपाणिforms, appearances
रूपाणि:
कर्म (वि-सम्बन्ध) / अथवा कर्तृ (सन्दर्भानुसार)
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्जुनाbright, white
अर्जुना:
विशेषण (रूपाणि)
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्जुन (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, forth, distinctly
वि:
—
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootवि
वःof you (pl.)
वः:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मदेin exhilaration/rapture
मदे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘intoxication/rapture’)
विश्वाall
विश्वा:
विशेषण (श्रियोः/रूपाणि-सम्बन्ध) अथवा कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon, over
अधि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि
श्रियोःsplendours, prosperities
श्रियोः:
कर्म (धिषे) / अथवा कर्तृ (सन्दर्भानुसार)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री (प्रातिपदिक)
धिषेyou place/arrange, you bestow
धिषे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धाञ्) with preverb अधि- → ‘to place, set; to bestow/arrange’
विवक्षसेyou wish to utter/speak forth
विवक्षसे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वच् ‘to speak’ with desiderative (वि-वक्ष्) → ‘to wish to speak/utter’
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