Rig Veda 10.58.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 58, Mantra 2

Sukta 10.58

Devata: Manas (to be recalled) framed by Dyāvā-Pṛthivī imagery

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यत्ते दिवं यत्पृथिवीं मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आ वर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.58.2

Transliteration

yát te dívaṃ yát pṛthivī́ṃ mánó jagā́ma dūrákam | tát te ā́ vartayāmasīhá kṣayā́ya jīváse ||

Translation

もし汝の心（マナス）が遠く、天へ、あるいは地へ赴いたなら、その同じ心を、われらはいまここに汝へと呼び戻す——堅固なる住まいに安住し、生きるために。

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• यत्: which/that
• यत्: (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय-चिह्न) — ‘which/that’ introducing the clause
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• दिवम्: heaven, the sky
• दिवम्: कर्म (object of ‘went’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (prātipadika: दिव् ‘heaven’)

• यत्: and which/that
• यत्: (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय-चिह्न) — second relative member
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्

• पृथिवीम्: earth
• पृथिवीम्: कर्म (object of ‘went’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (prātipadika)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: कर्तृ (subject of ‘went’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (prātipadika)

• जगाम: went, has gone
• जगाम: (क्रिया) — governs objects ‘दिवम्/पृथिवीम्’
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• दूरकम्: far away, to a distance
• दूरकम्: अधिकारण/क्रियाविशेषण (extent/distance)
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: दूरक (prātipadika; adj. from दूर ‘far’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (object of ‘turn back’ = that [mind/that which went])
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ते: to you, for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (to/for you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्

• आ: back, towards (hither)
• आ: (क्रियाविशेषक) directional/intensive with ‘वर्तयामसि’
• Type: Preverb/Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga/avyaya)

• वर्तयामसि: we cause to turn back, we bring back
• वर्तयामसि: (क्रिया); कर्तृ = ‘we’ (implicit), कर्म = ‘तत्’
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → वर्तय-

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकारण (location: here)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (avyaya)

• क्षयाय: for a dwelling, for abiding
• क्षयाय: सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन (for dwelling/abiding, for home)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (prātipadika)

• जीवसे: for life, to live
• जीवसे: सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन (for life, for living)
• Type: Noun (inflectional dative of an abstract)
• Root: जीवस्/जीव (prātipadika; ‘life, living’)