Rig Veda 10.62.8: Mandala 10, Sukta 62, Mantra 8
Sukta 10.62
Rishi: Aṅgiras-tradition seers (hymn-context)
Devata: Indra/Agni-associated powers enabling growth and giving (contextual; verse centers on Manu’s increase)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र नूनं जायतामयं मनुस्तोक्मेव रोहतु । यः सहस्रं शताश्वं सद्यो दानाय मंहते ॥
Transliteration
prá nūnáṃ jāyatām ayáṃ mánus tókmeva rohatu | yáḥ sahásraṃ śatá-aśvaṃ sadyó dānā́ya maṃhate ||
Translation
Kini biarlah Manu ini lahir ke hadapan dan tumbuh laksana pucuk yang teguh; dia yang serta-merta melimpah menuju dāna (pemberian)—seribu kali dan seratus tenaga yang pantas.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
नूनम्now, indeed
नूनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम्
जायताम्let (the two) be born / arise
जायताम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (jan) धातु
अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (sarvanāman)
मनुःManu
मनुः:
Kartā (apposition to अयम्)
TypeNoun
Rootमनु (prātipadika)
तोक्माsprout, shoot (offspring-like growth)
तोक्मा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootतोक्मन्/तोक्म (prātipadika)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
रोहतुlet (him/it) grow, ascend
रोहतु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootरुह् (ruh) धातु
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
सहस्रम्a thousand
सहस्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (prātipadika)
शताश्वम्(a gift) with a hundred horses / hundred-horsed
शताश्वम्:
Karma (with सहस्रम् as coordinated object)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशताश्व (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound)
सद्यःimmediately, at once
सद्यः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यः
दानायfor giving, for a gift
दानाय:
Sampradāna / purpose-dative
TypeNoun
Rootदान (prātipadika)
मंहतेis generous / bestows
मंहते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootमंह्/महि (maṃh) धातु (Vedic: ‘to be liberal, to bestow’)
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