Rig Veda 10.76.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 76, Mantra 1
Sukta 10.76
Rishi: Traditionally attributed to a seer of the late tenth maṇḍala (as per Anukramaṇī for RV 10.76); exact rishi not supplied in input
Devata: Indra with the Maruts (Indra-Marut complex); also Rodasī invoked
Chandas: Trishtubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ व ऋञ्जस ऊर्जां व्युष्टिष्विन्द्रं मरुतो रोदसी अनक्तन । उभे यथा नो अहनी सचाभुवा सदःसदो वरिवस्यात उद्भिदा ॥
Transliteration
ā́ va ṛ́ñjasa ūrjā́ṃ vyùṣṭiṣv índraṃ marúto ródasī anaktana | ubhé yáthā no áhanī sacā́bhuvā sádaḥ-sado varivasyā́ta udbhídā ||
Translation
来たれ、力を整える者たちよ。黎明ごとに、マルット（Maruts）よ、インドラ（Indra）と二つの世界（天地）に塗油して聖別せよ。願わくは我らの二つの日（光の二重の運行）が我らの伴侶となり、あらゆる祭会のたびに、打ち破り開くことによって広き余地を与えよ。かくして魂が、真理の成長のための空間と力とを受け取らんことを。
Word by Word
आtowards; hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
वःfor you; of you
वः:
Sampradāna (recipient) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋञ्जसःof the right/straight (path/order)
ऋञ्जसः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootऋञ्जस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘straightness/rightness’)
ऊर्जाम्strength; nourishment
ऊर्जाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart; forth
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग) / vi (preverb)
उष्टिषुin the dawnings; at daybreaks
उष्टिषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउष्टि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘dawnings/brightenings’)
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; ‘heaven-and-earth’)
अनक्तनthey anointed; they adorned
अनक्तन:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअञ्ज् (धातु) / aṅj ‘to anoint, smear’
उभेboth
उभे:
Karma
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootउभ (प्रातिपदिक)
यथाso that; as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
नःfor us; of us
नः:
Sampradāna (for us) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
अहनीday and night (the two times)
अहनी:
Kartā (if taken as subject of sācābhūvā) / Karma (if object)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘day’), द्विवचन-रूप ‘day and night’
सचाtogether; in companionship
सचा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसच (अव्यय; ‘together, in company’)
भूवाmay you be; be
भूवा:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु) / bhū ‘to be, become’
सदःसदःin every seat/assembly; from session to session
सदःसदः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (reduplicated) / Indeclinable-like repetition
Rootसदस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘seat, session, assembly’)
वरिवस्यातmay (he) grant favor/room; may (he) help
वरिवस्यात:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवरिवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wide space, favor, protection’) / denominative varivasy- ‘to grant room/favor’
उद्भिदाwith the opener; with the breaker-forth (power)
उद्भिदा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective (instrumental epithet)
Rootउद्-भिद् (धातु) / bhid ‘to split, break forth’ with उद्
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