Rig Veda 10.189.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 189, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.189
Devata: Solar-bird (pataṅga) / Sūrya as carrier of vāk; also the principle of Vāk itself
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्रिंशद्धाम वि राजति वाक्पतंगाय धीयते । प्रति वस्तोरह द्युभिः ॥
Transliteration
triṃśád dhā́ma ví rājati vā́k pataṅgā́ya dhīyate | práti vástor áha dyúbhiḥ ||
Translation
മുപ്പതു ധാമങ്ങളിൽ അത് പ്രകാശിക്കുന്നു; വാക്ക് പതംഗന്റെ ചിറകുള്ള ഗമനത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിതമാകുന്നു—ഓരോ ഉഷസ്സിനും ഓരോ ദിനത്തിനും തന്റെ ജ്യോതികളാൽ പ്രത്യുത്തരം നൽകുന്നു.
Word by Word
त्रिंशत्thirty
त्रिंशत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (of धाम)
TypeAdjective/Numeral
Rootत्रिंशत् (संख्याशब्दः < त्रिंशत्)
धामabode; station; realm
धाम:
Kartā (with विराजति)
TypeNoun
Rootधामन् (प्रातिपदिकम्; धा-धातोः ‘धारण/स्थापन’ भावः)
विapart; forth; widely
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
राजतिshines; is resplendent
राजति:
Kriyā (of धाम)
TypeVerb
Rootराज् (धातुः)
वाक्speech; sacred utterance
वाक्:
Kartā (with धीयते)
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
पतंगायto/for the Patanga (the ‘soaring one’, often the Sun/bird)
पतंगाय:
Sampradāna (recipient/goal of धीयते)
TypeNoun
Rootपतंग (प्रातिपदिकम्)
धीयतेis placed; is directed; is meditated/held
धीयते:
Kriyā (of वाक्); कर्मणि—कर्तृ-अनुक्तः
TypeVerb
Rootधी (धातुः) / धा (वेद. ‘to place’ in passive sense)
प्रतिtowards; in response to
प्रति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वस्तोःof dawn; of daybreak
वस्तोः:
Adhikaraṇa/सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of dawn/daybreak’)
TypeNoun
Rootवस्तु/वस्तु́ (वेद. ‘daybreak/dwelling’; प्रातिपदिकम् वस्तु) অথবা वस् (धातु) से व्युत्पन्न
अहday
अह:
Kartā (elliptic: ‘the day’ as subject with implied verb, or in apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
द्युभिःwith lights; with heavenly brightnesses
द्युभिः:
Karaṇa (instrument/means: ‘with/by lights/sky-brilliances’)
TypeNoun
Rootद्युभि- < द्यु (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘sky/light’)
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