Rig Veda 10.45.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 45, Mantra 6
Sukta 10.45
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Trishtubh (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विश्वस्य केतुर्भुवनस्य गर्भ आ रोदसी अपृणाज्जायमानः । वीळुं चिदद्रिमभिनत्परायञ्जना यदग्निमयजन्त पञ्च ॥
Transliteration
víśvasya ketúr bhúvanasya gárbha ā́ rodasī apṛṇāj jā́yamānaḥ | vīḷúṃ cid ádrim abhinat parā́yan jánā yád agním áyajanta páñca ||
Translation
万有の標（しるし）にして、世界の胎。生まれ出るや、二つの世界を満たした。進みゆくとき、堅き岩すら裂き開く――五つの民がアグニに祭祀を捧げたその時に。
Word by Word
विश्वस्यof all, of the whole
विश्वस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व
केतुःbanner; sign; light/beam
केतुः:
Kartā (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootकेतु
भुवनस्यof the world; of existence
भुवनस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन
गर्भःembryo; womb; inner core
गर्भः:
Kartā (in apposition to केतुः)
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ
आtowards; unto; completely
आ:
—
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootआ
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
Karma (object)
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (dual stem of rodas)
अपृणात्filled
अपृणात्:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√पॄ (पृणाति) / √पॄ (to fill)
जायमानःbeing born
जायमानः:
Kartā (agent, agreeing with केतुः/गर्भः)
TypeParticiple
Root√जन् (to be born) + शानच्
वीळुम्enclosure; stronghold
वीळुम्:
Karma (object)
TypeNoun
Rootवीळु
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable particle
Rootचित्
अद्रिम्rock; mountain
अद्रिम्:
Karma (object)
TypeNoun
Rootअद्रि
अभिनत्smashed; struck down
अभिनत्:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√नद्/√नत् (to strike/press down; Vedic: to smite, pierce) with अभि-
परायन्going forth; advancing
परायन्:
Kartā (agent, agreeing with the subject)
TypeParticiple
Root√इ (to go) with परा-
जनाःpeople
जनाः:
Kartā (subject of यजन्त)
TypeNoun
Rootजन
यत्which; that (which)
यत्:
Karma (object of यजन्त; correlates with an implied तत्)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद्
अग्निम्Agni; fire
अग्निम्:
Karma (apposition to यत्)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
अयजन्तthey worshipped; they sacrificed
अयजन्त:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√यज् (to worship, sacrifice)
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
Viśeṣaṇa (attribute of जनाः)
TypeNumeral
Rootपञ्च
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Chanting Notes
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