Rig Veda 10.142.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 142, Mantra 2

Sukta 10.142

Devata: Agni (with the 'seven' as his agencies)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रवत्ते अग्ने जनिमा पितूयतः साचीव विश्वा भुवना न्यृञ्जसे । प्र सप्तयः प्र सनिषन्त नो धियः पुरश्चरन्ति पशुपा इव त्मना ॥

Transliteration

právatté agne jánimā pitūyatáḥ sācī́va víśvā bhúvanā ny-ṛ́ñjase | prá saptáyaḥ prá saniṣanta no dhíyaḥ puráś caranti paśupā́ iva tmánā ||

Translation

Forward moves thy birth, O Agni, seeking the father; like a strong companion thou orderest and settest in right array all the worlds. Forward the seven go; forward they win for us our thoughts—moving in front like self-driven herdsmen guarding the inner cattle (the rays of knowledge).

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• वत्ते: turns/advances, proceeds
• वत्ते: Kriyā (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (vṛt) / वर्त् (vart) (to turn, proceed)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• जनिमा: birth, origin
• जनिमा: Karma (object/theme of ‘proceeds/turns’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनि-मा (from √जन् jan ‘be born’)

• पितूयतः: of one seeking the father / father-seeking
• पितूयतः: Śeṣa (genitival relation)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: पितृ (pitṛ) + desiderative/denominative sense ‘seeking the father’ (pitu-yat-)

• साचीव: together, in companionship
• साचीव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साचि (sāci ‘with, alongside; on one side’)

• विश्वा: all
• विश्वा: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (viśva)

• भुवना: worlds, beings, realms
• भुवना: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (bhuvana)

• नि: down, into
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga)

• ऋञ्जसे: you arrange/you set in order
• ऋञ्जसे: Kriyā (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋञ्ज् (ṛñj) ‘to set in order, arrange, direct’

• प्र: forth
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• सप्तयः: the teams (of horses)
• सप्तयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्ति (sapti ‘team, horse-team’)

• प्र: forth
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• सनीषन्त: may they win/obtain
• सनीषन्त: Kriyā (optative wish)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सन् (san) ‘to win, gain’

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary) / Śeṣa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (asmad)

• धियः: insights, prayers, thoughts
• धियः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (dhī)

• पुरः: in front, before
• पुरः: Adhikaraṇa (directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् (puras)

• चरन्ति: they move, they go
• चरन्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (car) ‘to move, go’

• पशुपाः: cattle-guardians, herdsmen
• पशुपाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु-पा (paśu-pā ‘protector of cattle’, from √पा pā ‘protect’)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (particle)

• त्मना: by oneself, with one’s own power
• त्मना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्मन् (tman ‘self, own person/power’)