Rig Veda 1.161.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 161, Mantra 9

Sukta 1.161

Rishi: Dīrghatamas Aucathya (traditional attribution for RV 1.161)

Devata: Rbhus

Chandas: Trishtubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आपो भूयिष्ठा इत्येको अब्रवीदग्निर्भूयिष्ठ इत्यन्यो अब्रवीत् । वधर्यन्तीं बहुभ्यः प्रैको अब्रवीदृता वदन्तश्चमसाँ अपिंशत ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.161.9

Transliteration

ā́po bhū́yiṣṭhā íty éko abravīd agnír bhū́yiṣṭha íty anyó abravīt | vádharyántīṃ bahúbhyaḥ prá éko abravīd ṛtā́ vádantaś camasā́n apiṃśata ||

Translation

Niech Wody będą obfite, rzekł jeden; niech Agni będzie obfity, rzekł drugi. Jeden ogłosił posuwającą się moc dla wielu; mówiąc prawdy Rity, uformowali czary - kształty zdolne utrzymać rozkosz.

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• आपः: the waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक) / आप्-

• भूयिष्ठाः: most (excellent), very much
• भूयिष्ठाः: Kartā (विशेषण) / Predicative
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूयिष्ठ (भूयस्- का अतिशय/तमतम-प्रत्यय; ‘more/most’)

• इति: thus, ‘so’
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एकः: one (of them)
• एकः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• अग्निः: Agni (Fire)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूयिष्ठः: most (excellent)
• भूयिष्ठः: Kartā (विशेषण) / Predicative
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूयिष्ठ (भूयस्- का अतिशय/तमतम-प्रत्यय)

• इति: thus
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• वधर्यन्तीम्: the striking/injuring (female one)
• वधर्यन्तीम्: Karma (उक्त/निहित वस्तु) / Object of ‘said’ (as quoted epithet)
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: वधर्यन्ती (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वधर्य/वध्- ‘to strike/hurt’ से ‘वधर्य’ प्रकार; ‘injuring/striking’ भाव)

• बहुभ्यः: to/for many
• बहुभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र

• एकः: one (of them)
• एकः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• ऋता: truths, right ordinances
• ऋता: Karma (वदन्तः इति क्रियायाः) / Object
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• वदन्तः: speaking
• वदन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √वद् (धातु)

• चमसान्: cups, bowls (soma-cups)
• चमसान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमस (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपिंशत: they fashioned/adorned
• अपिंशत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पिश् (धातु) ‘to adorn, form, fashion’