Rig Veda 10.68.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 68, Mantra 5
Sukta 10.68
Rishi: Bṛhaspati / Angiras-tradition
Devata: Bṛhaspati
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अप ज्योतिषा तमो अन्तरिक्षादुद्नः शीपालमिव वात आजत् । बृहस्पतिरनुमृश्या वलस्याभ्रमिव वात आ चक्र आ गाः ॥
Transliteration
ápa jyótiṣā támo antárikṣād udnáḥ śīpā́lam iva vā́ta ā́jat | bṛ́haspátir anumṛ́śyā valásyā́bhram iva vā́ta ā́ cakra ā́ gā́ḥ ||
Translation
ज्योतीने त्याने अंतरिक्षातील तम दूर केले—जसा वारा जल-चर्म (शीपाल) उडवून लावतो. बृहस्पतीने वलाच्या गुहेचा शोध घेत, जसा वारा मेघाला आकार देतो तसा गायींच्या आगमनाची रचना केली; किरणांना पुढे आणले.
Word by Word
अपaway, off
अप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (upasarga) अथवा अव्यय ‘अप’
ज्योतिषाwith light
ज्योतिषा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक) < √द्युत् (to shine)
तमःdarkness
तमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तरिक्षात्from the mid-air
अन्तरिक्षात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
उद्नःof the water
उद्नः:
—
TypeNoun
Rootउदन्/उदक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘water’)
शीपालम्(a) skin/covering; sheath (śīpāla)
शीपालम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशीपाल (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
वातःthe wind
वातः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक)
आजत्drove, propelled
आजत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अज् (अजति ‘to drive, propel’)
बृहस्पतिःBṛhaspati
बृहस्पतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootबृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुमृश्याhaving searched/feeling along
अनुमृश्या:
—
TypeVerbal derivative
Rootअनु-√मृश् (to touch, feel, seek) → ‘अनुमृश्य’
वलस्यof Vala (the enclosure)
वलस्य:
—
TypeNoun
Rootवल (प्रातिपदिक; demon/stone-enclosure ‘Vala’)
अभ्रम्a cloud
अभ्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
वातःthe wind
वातः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, forth
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / अव्यय
चक्रेhas made, effected
चक्रे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करोति ‘to do, make’) with आ-
आforth, out
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / अव्यय
गाःthe cows (rays/wealth)
गाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
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