Rig Veda 10.29.2 - Mandala 10, Sukta 29, Mantra 2

Rig Veda 10.29.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 29, Mantra 2

Sukta 10.29

Devata: Indra (implied as nṛtama) with Dawn imagery as supportive power

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; confirm by metrical count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ते अस्या उषसः प्रापरस्या नृतौ स्याम नृतमस्य नृणाम् । अनु त्रिशोकः शतमावहन्नॄन्कुत्सेन रथो यो असत्ससवान् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.29.2

Transliteration

prá te asyā́ uṣásaḥ práparasya nṛtaú syāma nṛtámasya nṛṇā́m | ánu triśókaḥ śatám ā́vahan nṝ́n kútsena rátho yó ásat sasavā́n ||

Translation

汝のために、このウシャス（暁）と、さらに後なる暁とともに前へ進まん：人々の中の最も勝利する者の勝利の運動に、われらも与らんことを。トリショーカに従い、クツァとともに在った戦車は百人の男たちを運び来たれり――その神なる力もまた、われらを限界づける闇を越えて、多くの力能へと運ばんことを。

Word by Word

प्रforth, forward

तेto/for you

अस्याःof this (woman), of her

उषसःof Uṣas (Dawn)

प्रforth, forward

अपरस्याःof the later/other (one)

नृतौin the dance, in the rhythmic performance

स्यामmay we be

नृतमस्यof the best dancer / most rhythmic

नृणाम्of men

अनुafter, along

त्रिशोकःthe three-flamed/three-rayed one (epithet)

शतम्a hundred

आवहन्brought, conveyed

नॄन्men

कुत्सेनwith Kuts(a)

रथःthe chariot

यःwhich, who

असत्was

ससवान्victorious, having won

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