Rig Veda 10.72.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 72, Mantra 1
Sukta 10.72
Rishi: Bṛhaspati / Angirasa-tradition (hymn as cosmogonic revelation; traditional attribution varies in ancillary lists)
Devata: Devāḥ (the Gods collectively); underlying cosmogonic powers of manifestation
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas; typical for reflective/cosmogonic statements)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
देवानां नु वयं जाना प्र वोचाम विपन्यया । उक्थेषु शस्यमानेषु यः पश्यादुत्तरे युगे ॥
Transliteration
devā́nāṃ nu vayáṃ jānā́ prá vocāma vipányayā | uktheṣú śasyámāneṣu yáḥ paśyā́d úttare yugé ||
Translation
いま我らは、光明にして識別ある讃歌のことばをもって、神々（देva）の生起と働きを宣べよう。詠唱されつつある讃歌のうちに、後の時代において見うる者こそ、まことにそれを観る。
Word by Word
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
नुnow; indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जानाः(as) people; folk
जानाः:
कर्तृ (वयम्-समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘जन’ = people)
प्रforth; forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वोचामlet us speak; may we proclaim
वोचाम:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
विपन्ययाwith inspired/skillful (speech)
विपन्यया:
करण
TypeAdjective (used instrumentally)
Rootविपन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
उक्थेषुin/among the hymns (ukthas)
उक्थेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
शस्यमानेषुbeing recited/praised
शस्यमानेषु:
विशेषण (अधिकरणे)
TypeParticiple (Passive, present)
Rootशंस् (धातु) → शस्यमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पश्यात्might see; would perceive
पश्यात्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootपश् (धातु)
उत्up; forth
उत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
तरेin the later (time)
तरे:
अधिकरण
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) → उत्तरे
युगेin the age; in the yuga
युगे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
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Yogic Application
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