Rig Veda 10.142.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 142, Mantra 3

Sukta 10.142

Devata: Agni

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत वा उ परि वृणक्षि बप्सद्बहोरग्न उलपस्य स्वधावः । उत खिल्या उर्वराणां भवन्ति मा ते हेतिं तविषीं चुक्रुधाम ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.142.3

Transliteration

utá vā ú páry vṛṇakṣi bápsad bahór agna úlapasya svadhāvaḥ | utá khilyā́ urvárāṇāṃ bhavanti mā́ te hetíṃ taviṣī́ṃ cukrudhāma ||

Translation

ଏବଂ, ହେ ଅଗ୍ନି, ବିଶାଳ ଅବକାଶରେ ଆସୀନ, ସ୍ୱଧାବାନ, ତୁମେ ସତ୍ୟସତ୍ୟ ଚାରିପାଖେ ଆବୃତ କରି (ମାର୍ଗକୁ) ବାଛ। ତେଣୁ ପଡ଼ିଆ ଭୂମିମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଉର୍ବର କ୍ଷେତ୍ର ହୋଇଯାନ୍ତି। ଆମେ ତୁମ ହେତି—ଶସ୍ତ୍ରକୁ, ତୁମ ତୀବ୍ର ଶକ୍ତିକୁ—କ୍ରୋଧିତ ନ କରୁ; ବରଂ ତୁମ ତେଜ ଆମର ବୃଦ୍ଧି ହେଉ।

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Word by Word

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• वा: or; alternatively
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• उ: indeed; just
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• परि: around; completely
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

• वृणक्षि: you turn/ward off; you avert
• वृणक्षि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृज्/√वृञ्ज् (वृणक्ति)

• बप्सत्: crackling; sputtering (of fire)
• बप्सत्: Kartā (to implied action of ‘burning/roaring’ as epithet)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √बप्स् (intensive/onomat.)

• बहुः: much; abundant
• बहुः: Kartā (with अग्ने as epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि

• उलपस्य: of the Ulapa (name of a being/hostile power; lit. ‘stalk/tuft’ in later usage)
• उलपस्य: Sambandha (genitive of relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलप

• स्वधावः: O possessor of svadhā (innate power/ritual potency)
• स्वधावः: Sambodhana (epithet of Agni)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वधा-वन्

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• खिल्याः: waste-lands; fallow patches
• खिल्याः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: खिल्य

• उर्वराणाम्: of the fertile fields
• उर्वराणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्वरा

• भवन्ति: they become
• भवन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• ते: for you; to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्

• हेतिम्: missile; weapon; blow
• हेतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेति

• तविषीम्: force; might
• तविषीम्: Karma (appositional with हेतिम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तविषी

• चुक्रुधाम: we have angered/stirred up; we provoke
• चुक्रुधाम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्रुध्