Rig Veda 10.154.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 154, Mantra 4
Sukta 10.154
Devata: Yama (explicit); Pitṛs (invoked company)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ये चित्पूर्व ऋतसाप ऋतावान ऋतावृधः । पितॄन्तपस्वतो यम ताँश्चिदेवापि गच्छतात् ॥
Transliteration
yé cit pū́rva ṛtasā́pa ṛtávāna ṛtāvṛ́dhaḥ | pitṝ́ṃ tápasvato yama tā́ṃś cid evā́pi gacchatāt ||
Translation
हे यमा! जे प्राचीन ऋत-साप (ऋताचे सहचर), ऋतवान (ऋतधारक), ऋत-वृद्ध (ऋतवर्धक) होते—तपसाने समृद्ध असे ते पितृगण—त्यांच्याहीकडे तो निश्चयाने जावो; त्यांनाच तो प्राप्त होवो.
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चित्indeed, even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
पूर्वेthe former/ancient (ones)
पूर्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतसापःcompanions/followers of ṛta (cosmic order)
ऋतसापः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootऋत-साप (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)
ऋतावानःpossessing ṛta, truthful/ordered
ऋतावानः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootऋतावन् (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतावृधःincreasing/advancing ṛta
ऋतावृधः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootऋता-वृध् (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)
पितॄन्the Fathers (ancestors)
पितॄन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
तपस्वतःaustere, practicing tapas
तपस्वतः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootतपस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
यमO Yama
यम:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक)
तान्those
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चित्indeed, even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
एवjust, indeed
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (निपात)
अपिalso, moreover
अपि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (निपात)
गच्छतात्let (him/it) go; may (he) go
गच्छतात्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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