Rig Veda 10.121.10: Mandala 10, Sukta 121, Mantra 10

Sukta 10.121

Rishi: Hiraṇyagarbha / Prajāpati (RV 10.121)

Devata: Prajāpati (explicitly named here; resolution of the ‘Ka’ question)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रजापते न त्वदेतान्यन्यो विश्वा जातानि परि ता बभूव । यत्कामास्ते जुहुमस्तन्नो अस्तु वयं स्याम पतयो रयीणाम् ॥

Transliteration

prajā́pate ná tvád etā́ny anyó víśvā jātā́ni pári tā́ babhūva | yátkāmās te juhumā́s tán no astu vayáṃ syāma pátayo rayīṇā́m ||

Translation

Wahai Prajāpati, tiada selain Engkau yang melingkupi segala kelahiran ini. Apa jua keinginan yang kami persembahkan kepada-Mu dalam nyala api—moga itu menjadi milik kami; moga kami menjadi tuan atas kelimpahan-kelimpahan (rayi).

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Word by Word

• प्रजापते: O Prajāpati (Lord of creatures)
• प्रजापते: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रजा + पति)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable (particle)
• Root: न

• त्वद्: than you / from you
• त्वद्: अपादान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: कर्म (with बभूव = ‘encompassed these’) / or कर्तृ (with implicit ‘these exist’)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: एतद्

• अन्यः: another (one)
• अन्यः: कर्ता
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य

• विश्वा: all
• विश्वा: विशेषण (of जातानि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व

• जातानि: born beings / created things
• जातानि: कर्म (with परि…बभूव) / or कर्तृ (in sense ‘all beings that are born’)
• Type: Participle used as Noun/Adjective
• Root: जात (√जन् ‘to be born’), क्त-प्रत्यय

• परि: around, all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: परि

• ता: those (i.e., them)
• ता: कर्म (object of परि…बभूव)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद्

• बभूव: has become; has encompassed / pervaded
• बभूव: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू

• यत्: whatever / that which
• यत्: कर्म (of अस्तु: ‘let that be…’)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्

• कामाः: desires, wishes
• कामाः: कर्ता (of जुहुमस्: ‘desires (that) we offer’ in relative clause) / or कर्म via ellipsis ‘(those) desires’
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम

• ते: to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• जुहुमस्: we have offered (as oblation); we sacrifice
• जुहुमस्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हु (जुहोति)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (of अस्तु: ‘let that be…’)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद्

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (if Dat. ‘for us’) / सम्बन्ध (if Gen. ‘of us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्ता
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्

• पतयः: lords, masters
• पतयः: प्रेडिकेट-नाम (of वयम्…स्याम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति

• रयीणाम्: of riches, of wealth
• रयीणाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation to पतयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि