Rig Veda 10.11.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 11, Mantra 4

Sukta 10.11

Rishi: Traditional: often attributed within RV 10.11 to a seer of the late Maṇḍala 10 corpus (exact r̥ṣi uncertain from provided data)

Devata: Agni (as Hotṛ) with supporting imagery of Śyena and luminous drapsa (soma-like essence)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अध त्यं द्रप्सं विभ्वं विचक्षणं विराभरदिषितः श्येनो अध्वरे । यदी विशो वृणते दस्ममार्या अग्निं होतारमध धीरजायत ॥

Transliteration

ádha tyáṃ drápsaṃ vibhváṃ vicakṣaṇáṃ vír ā́bharad iṣitáḥ śyénó adhvaré | yadī́ víśo vṛṇáte dasmám ā́ryā agním hótāram ádha dhī́r ajāyata ||

Translation

Então o falcão, impelido, trouxe aquela gota radiante (drapsa), vasta e de ampla visão, ao caminho do sacrifício. Quando os povos arianos escolhem Agni, o maravilhoso, como Hotar, então nasce em verdade a inteligência iluminada.

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Word by Word

• अध: then, now
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (अव्यय)

• त्यम्: that (him/that one)
• त्यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• द्रप्सम्: drop; shining drop (often Soma/brightness)
• द्रप्सम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रप्स (प्रातिपदिक)

• विभ्वम्: all-pervading, mighty, expansive
• विभ्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विभ्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• विचक्षणम्: clear-sighted, discerning
• विचक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-चक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, forth; intensifier
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• आभरत्: brought, carried (hither)
• आभरत्: Kartā (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भृञ्) + आ (उपसर्ग)

• इषितः: impelled, sped on, urged
• इषितः: Kartā (श्येनस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √इष् (इष गतौ/प्रेरणे) → इषित (कृदन्त)

• श्येनः: the falcon (mythic bird)
• श्येनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येन (प्रातिपदिक)

• अध्वरे: in the sacrifice, in the rite
• अध्वरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• यदी: when/if indeed
• यदी: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय) + इ (निपात, वैदिक)

• विशः: the clans, the peoples
• विशः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृणते: choose, select
• वृणते: Kartā (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृञ् वरणे)

• दस्मम्: wondrous, marvelous
• दस्मम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दस्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• आर्याः: Aryan, noble
• आर्याः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: आर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निम्: Agni (fire-god)
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• होतारम्: the Hotṛ-priest, invoker
• होतारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अध: then
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (अव्यय)

• धीः: insight, inspired thought
• धीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अजायत: was born, arose
• अजायत: Kartā (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जनीँ प्रादुर्भावे)