Rig Veda 10.136.3 — Mandala 10, Sukta 136, Mantra 3

Sukta 10.136

Rishi: Keśin Dārbhya (traditional attribution for RV 10.136, Keśin hymn)

Devata: Keśin/Muni in relation to Vāta (Wind, Breath) and the yogic-seer state

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (traditional for RV 10.136)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उन्मदिता मौनेयेन वाताँ आ तस्थिमा वयम् । शरीरेदस्माकं यूयं मर्तासो अभि पश्यथ ॥

Transliteration

unḿaditā maúnéyena vātā́m̐ ā́ tasthima vayám | śarīréd asmā́kaṃ yūyám mártāso abhí paśyatha ||

Translation

Em êxtase pela força do voto de silêncio (mauna), firmamo-nos nas correntes do Vento — no Sopro da Vida universal. Vós, mortais, vedes apenas o nosso corpo; mas o nosso ser move-se nesse movimento mais vasto.

Word by Word

• उन्मदिताः: maddened, inspired (ones)
• उन्मदिताः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उन्मदित (उद्-√मद् ‘to be intoxicated/mad’)

• मौनेयेन: by/with the munis’ (state/discipline), by the muni-hood
• मौनेयेन: करण
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: मौनेय (मुनि-सम्बद्ध ‘belonging to the muni’; from मुनि)

• वातान्: winds
• वातान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (√वा ‘to blow’)

• आ: to, up to; (preverb with verb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / particle
• Root: आ

• तस्थिम: we have stood / we have taken our stand
• तस्थिम: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (with preverb आ) → तस्थिम (perf. 1pl)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• शरीरे: in the body
• शरीरे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर

• इद्: indeed, just
• इद्: —
• Type: Particle (emphatic) अव्यय
• Root: इद्

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• यूयम्: you
• यूयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• मर्तासः: mortals
• मर्तासः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त (√मृ ‘to die’)

• अभि: towards, upon; (intensively)
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / particle
• Root: अभि

• पश्यथ: you see / behold
• पश्यथ: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (दृश्-समर्थ) ‘to see’