Rig Veda 10.130.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 130, Mantra 2

Sukta 10.130

Rishi: Late 10th maṇḍala seer (traditional attribution varies by Anukramaṇī recensions)

Devata: Yajña as cosmic craft; rays/beams as assisting powers

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पुमाँ एनं तनुत उत्कृणत्ति पुमान्वि तत्ने अधि नाके अस्मिन् । इमे मयूखा उप सेदुरू सदः सामानि चक्रुस्तसराण्योतवे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.130.2

Transliteration

púmāṃ enam tanute út kṛṇatti púmān ví tatne ádhi nā́ke asmín | imé mayū́khā úpa sedur ū́ sádaḥ sāmā́ni cakrus tásarāṇy ótave ||

Translation

Kuasa maskulin membentangkannya dan memotongnya; kuasa maskulin menghamparkannya di atas langit ini. Sinar-sinar ini mendekat lalu duduk; mereka membentuk nyanyian-nyanyian (Sāman) dan sekoci-sekoci untuk menenun.

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• पुमान्: a man (male agent)
• पुमान्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस् (प्रातिपदिक) → पुमान्

• एनम्: him/this one
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनम्

• तनुते: stretches/extends
• तनुते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तन् (तनु) ‘to stretch/extend’

• उत्: up, out (forth)
• उत्: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• कृणत्ति: cuts, hews
• कृणत्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृत्/√कृन्त् (कृन्तति) ‘to cut, sever’

• पुमान्: a man
• पुमान्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस् → पुमान्

• वि: apart, asunder, widely
• वि: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• तत्ने: has stretched/spread
• तत्ने: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तन् (तनु) ‘to stretch’

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नाके: in/on the heaven
• नाके: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाक (प्रातिपदिक) ‘heaven, firmament’

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम) → अस्मिन्

• इमे: these
• इमे: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम) → इमे

• मयूखाः: rays, beams
• मयूखाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मयूख (प्रातिपदिक) ‘ray, beam’

• उप: near, towards
• उप: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सेदुः: have sat down/settled, have approached
• सेदुः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (सीदति) ‘to sit, settle, approach’

• ऊ: indeed, verily (emphatic particle)
• ऊ: (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऊ (निपात)

• सदः: the seat/assembly (sacrificial session)
• सदः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘seat, session, assembly; sacrificial seat’

• सामानि: Sāman chants
• सामानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘Sāman-chants’

• चक्रुः: have made, fashioned
• चक्रुः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति) ‘to make, do’

• तसराणि: shuttles (weaving implements/threads)
• तसराणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तसर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘shuttle; (fig.) weft/threads’

• ओतवे: to weave, for weaving
• ओतवे: Prayojana (purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वे/√वय् (वेति/वयति) ‘to weave’ → ओत (PPP ‘woven’) + तुमुन्/तवे (वेदिक infinitive)