Rig Veda 10.67.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 67, Mantra 5

Sukta 10.67

Rishi: Aṅgirasa/Bṛhaspati narrative stream

Devata: Bṛhaspati (discoverer), with Dawn/Sun as recovered illuminations

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm by scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विभिद्या पुरं शयथेमपाचीं निस्त्रीणि साकमुदधेरकृन्तत् । बृहस्पतिरुषसं सूर्यं गामर्कं विवेद स्तनयन्निव द्यौः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.67.5

Transliteration

ví-bhidyā púraṃ śayáthēm apā́cīṃ nís trī́ṇi sākám udadhér akṛntat | bṛ́haspátir uṣásaṃ sū́ryaṃ gā́m arkáṃ viveda stanáyann iva dyáuḥ ||

Translation

Breaking open the fortress that lay turned away, they cut free the three together from the ocean-depth. Bṛhaspati discovered Dawn and Sun, the Ray and the flaming Word—like heaven thundering forth.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि- (upasarga)

• भिद्या: having broken open
• भिद्या: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भिद् (भिनत्ति) + ल्यप् (absolutive)

• पुरम्: the fort/citadel
• पुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर्/पुर (prātipadika: पुर् ‘fortress, stronghold’)

• शयथेम्: thou liest (indeed)
• शयथेम्: Kartā (implicit ‘thou’)
• Type: Verb + particle
• Root: शयथे + इम् (enclitic particle)

• अपाचीम्: turned away/backward (fort)
• अपाचीम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपाच् (prātipadika: अपाची ‘turned away/backward; western’)

• निः: out, forth
• निः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निस्/निः (upasarga)

• त्रीणि: three
• त्रीणि: Karma
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि (numeral stem)

• साकम्: together
• साकम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साकम् (indeclinable)

• उदधेः: of/from the ocean
• उदधेः: Apādāna (source: ‘from the ocean’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदधि (prātipadika: उदधि ‘ocean’)

• अकृन्तत्: cut out, severed
• अकृन्तत्: Kartā (implicit agent; contextually Bṛhaspati/they)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृत्/कृन्त् (कृन्तति ‘to cut, sever’)

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: बृहस्पति (prātipadika; deity-name)

• उषसम्: the Dawn
• उषसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस् (prātipadika: उषस् ‘dawn’)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (prātipadika)

• गाम्: the cow(s)
• गाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (prātipadika: गो ‘cow’)

• अर्कम्: the hymn/praise (or ray)
• अर्कम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (prātipadika: अर्क ‘hymn; ray; praise’)

• विवेद: found, discovered
• विवेद: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (वेद ‘to find/know’)

• स्तनयन्: thundering
• स्तनयन्: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √स्तनय् (स्तनयति ‘to thunder’) + शतृ (present participle)

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

• द्यौः: the sky/heaven
• द्यौः: Kartā (in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/द्युस् (prātipadika: द्यौः ‘sky, heaven’)