Rig Veda 9.68.5: Mandala 9, Sukta 68, Mantra 5

Sukta 9.68

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (with strong Ṛta/Seer-birth motif)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सं दक्षेण मनसा जायते कविॠतस्य गर्भो निहितो यमा परः । यूना ह सन्ता प्रथमं वि जज्ञतुर्गुहा हितं जनिम नेममुद्यतम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.68.5

Transliteration

sáṃ dákṣeṇa mánasā jāyate kavír ṛtásya gárbho níhito yámā paráḥ | yū́nā ha sántā prathamáṃ ví jajñatur gúhā hitáṃ jánima némam úd-yatam ||

Translation

ໂດຍພະລັງແຫ່ງການຮັບຮູ້ ແລະ ໂດຍຈິດໃຈ, ພະໄຖີປາກົນກຳເນີດ - ຄັງຂອງຄວາມຈິງທີ່ວາງໄວ້ຫ່າງຈາກຄູ່. ເຖິງແມ່ນຍັງໜຸ່ມ, ພວກເຂົາມີ; ແຕ່ກ່ອນໜ້ານີ້ພວກເຂົາເກີດ: ການເກີດທີ່ເຊື່ອງຊ້ອນ, ວາງໄວ້ໃນຄວາມລັບ, ຂຶ້ນໄປສູ່ຍຸກທີ່ໝາຍໄວ້.

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Word by Word

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (upasarga) / saṃ (avyaya)

• दक्षेण: by skill; with competence
• दक्षेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (abstract/instrumental use)
• Root: दक्ष (prātipadika)

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (prātipadika)

• जायते: is born; arises
• जायते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जायते)

• कविः: the seer; sage-poet
• कविः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (prātipadika)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (prātipadika)

• गर्भः: embryo; womb; hidden germ
• गर्भः: Kartā (apposition to कविः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (prātipadika)

• निहितः: placed; deposited; hidden
• निहितः: — (predicate to गर्भः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: नि-√धा (ppp निहित)

• यमा: in Yama (in the realm of Yama)
• यमा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (prātipadika)

• परः: far; beyond
• परः: — (qualifier/predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (prātipadika)

• यूना: by/with the young ones
• यूना: Karaṇa / Sahakārī
• Type: Noun/Adjective (collective)
• Root: युवन् (prātipadika)

• ह: indeed
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (particle)

• सन्ता: being (the two); existing
• सन्ता: Kartā (with implied dual subject)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √अस् (present participle सन्त्)

• प्रथमम्: first; at first
• प्रथमम्: —
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: प्रथम (prātipadika)

• वि: apart; forth; distinctly
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga) / vi (avyaya)

• जज्ञतुः: were born; came into being
• जज्ञतुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (perfect जज्ञे)

• गुहा: in a hiding-place; in the cave
• गुहा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुहा (prātipadika)

• हितम्: placed; hidden
• हितम्: Karma (of implied ‘found/known’ etc.)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √धा (ppp हित)

• जनिम: birth; origin
• जनिम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनि (prātipadika; action-noun from √जन्)

• नेमम्: course; ordinance; fixed order (appointed measure)
• नेमम्: Karma (in apposition to जनिम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेम (prātipadika)

• उद्यम्: raised up; set in motion; undertaken
• उद्यम्: Karma (qualifier of जनिम/नेमम्)
• Type: Participle
• Root: उद्-√यम् (ppp उद्यत)