Rig Veda 10.188.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 188, Mantra 1
Sukta 10.188
Devata: Agni Jātavedas
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र नूनं जातवेदसमश्वं हिनोत वाजिनम् । इदं नो बर्हिरासदे ॥
Transliteration
prá nūnáṃ jā́tavedasam áśvaṃ hinota vā́jinam | idáṃ no bर्हír āsáde ||
Translation
ഇപ്പോൾ ജാതവേദസിന്റെ വാജിന അശ്വത്തെ മുന്നോട്ടു പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കുവിൻ; അവൻ നമ്മുടെ ഈ ബർഹി—പവിത്രാസനം—മേൽ വന്നു ഇരിക്കട്ടെ.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
नूनम्now, indeed
नूनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम्
जातवेदसम्Jātavedas (Agni), ‘knower of births/creatures’
जातवेदसम्:
Karma (object of implied address/bringing-forth; in sense ‘(invoke) Jātavedas’)
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Agni)
अश्वम्horse
अश्वम्:
Karma (object of हिनोत)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
हिनोतimpels, drives on
हिनोत:
Kriyā (verbal action); Kartā understood (Jātavedas/Agni)
TypeVerb
Rootहि (धातु; ‘to impel, set in motion’)
वाजिनम्swift/strong; prize-winning (steed)
वाजिनम्:
Karma (in apposition to अश्वम्)
TypeAdjective/Substantive
Rootवाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Kartā (of implied copula / deictic subject: ‘this …’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary: ‘for us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
बर्हिःsacrificial grass, barhis
बर्हिः:
Kartā (subject of आसदे)
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
आसदेsits down, is spread/laid for sitting
आसदे:
Kriyā (verbal action); subject = बर्हिः
TypeVerb
Rootआ + सद् (धातु; ‘to sit, settle’)
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