Rig Veda 1.66.8: Mandala 1, Sukta 66, Mantra 8
Sukta 1.66
Rishi: Gṛtsamada
Devata: Agni (with a mythic epithet/image invoking ‘Yama’ as twin/regulator)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यमो ह जातो यमो जनित्वं जारः कनीनां पतिर्जनीनाम् ॥
Transliteration
yamó há jātó yamó jánitvaṃ jāráḥ kanīnā́m pátir jánīnām
Translation
Ia ialah kuasa yang lahir sebagai kembar; ia ialah perbuatan kelahiran itu sendiri; ia ialah kekasih para kanyā (gadis muda bercahaya), tuan para janī (perempuan)—penguasa tenaga-tenaga penjanaan di dalam diri.
Word by Word
यमःYama
यमः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक) < यम् (धातु: यमेँ ‘नियमे/संयमे’)
हindeed, surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
जातःborn, arisen
जातः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Root√जन् (जनीँ प्रादुर्भावे) → जात (क्त)
यमःYama
यमः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक) < यम् (धातु)
जनित्वम्birth; the act/state of being born
जनित्वम्:
कर्म/भाववाच्य (सम्बन्धित पद)
TypeNoun (action/abstract)
Root√जन् (जनीँ) → जनित्व (तुमुन्/त्वम्-भाववाचक; ‘जनितुं’/‘जनन-भावः’)
जारःlover, paramour
जारः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootजार (प्रातिपदिक)
कनीनाम्of the maidens/young girls
कनीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootकनीना (प्रातिपदिक)
पतिःlord, husband
पतिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
जनीनाम्of women/wives
जनीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootजनी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्त्री/पत्नी’)
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