Rig Veda 10.72.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 72, Mantra 5
Sukta 10.72
Rishi: Bṛhaspati / Angirasa-tradition
Devata: Aditi (and by extension the Ādityas/Devas as her offspring)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अदितिर्ह्यजनिष्ट दक्ष या दुहिता तव । तां देवा अन्वजायन्त भद्रा अमृतबन्धवः ॥
Transliteration
áditi r hí ajaniṣṭa dákṣa yā́ duhitā́ táva | tā́ṃ devā́ ánv ajāyanta bhadrā́ amṛ́ta-bandhavaḥ ||
Translation
For Aditi indeed was born from you, O Dakṣa, as your daughter; and after her the Gods were born—benign powers bound to immortality, children of the infinite wideness.
Word by Word
अदितिःAditi (the goddess)
अदितिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअदिति- (प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
अजनिष्टwas born, came into being
अजनिष्ट:
—
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनीँ प्रादुर्भावे)
दक्षO Dakṣa (or: Dakṣa)
दक्ष:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootदक्ष- (प्रातिपदिक)
याwho
या:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दुहिताdaughter
दुहिता:
कर्तृ (या…दुहिता…)
TypeNoun
Rootदुहितृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
तवof you, your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ताम्her
ताम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव- (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुafter, following
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अजायन्तwere born, came to be
अजायन्त:
—
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनीँ प्रादुर्भावे)
भद्राःauspicious, благ, gracious
भद्राः:
कर्तृ (देवाः…भद्राः)
TypeAdjective
Rootभद्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
अमृतबन्धवःhaving immortality as kin / whose kinship is with the immortal (i.e., immortal-linked)
अमृतबन्धवः:
कर्तृ (देवाः…अमृतबन्धवः)
TypeNoun/Adjective (compound epithet)
Rootअमृत-बन्धु- (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
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Chanting Notes
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