Rig Veda 10.62.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 62, Mantra 3

Sukta 10.62

Rishi: Angirasa tradition

Devata: Angirasaḥ / Pitaraḥ as cosmic establishers through ṛta

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

य ऋतेन सूर्यमारोहयन्दिव्यप्रथयन्पृथिवीं मातरं वि । सुप्रजास्त्वमङ्गिरसो वो अस्तु प्रति गृभ्णीत मानवं सुमेधसः ॥

Transliteration

yá ṛténa sū́ryam ā́ arohayan divy áprathayan pṛthivī́ṃ mātáraṃ ví | suprajā́stvám aṅgiraso vo astu práti gṛbhṇīta mānaváṃ sumédhasaḥ ||

Translation

О вы, что Истиной воздвигли Солнце на его восхождение, что распростёрли Мать-Землю в её широте, — да будет вам благословение доброго потомства, о Ангирасы; примите же взамен человека, о ясномудрые.

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Word by Word

• ये: who (they)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ऋतेन: by/with ṛta (cosmic order, truth)
• ऋतेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (prātipadika)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (prātipadika)

• आ: towards, up
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• आरोहयन्: they caused (him/it) to ascend / they raised
• आरोहयन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुह् (रुहँ) + आ (causative)

• दिवि: in heaven, in the sky
• दिवि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (prātipadika: द्यौ/दिव्)

• अप्रथयन्: they made broad / they spread
• अप्रथयन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पृथ् (पृथँ) (causative)

• पृथिवीम्: the Earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (prātipadika)

• मातरम्: (as) mother
• मातरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (prātipadika)

• वि: apart, widely, forth
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• सुप्रजाः: having good offspring / richly progenied
• सुप्रजाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + प्रजा (prātipadika)

• त्वम्: thou
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अङ्गिरसः: O Aṅgirases (Aṅgiras seers)
• अङ्गिरसः: (Vocative sense / संबोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (prātipadika)

• वः: for you / to you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (enclitic pronoun)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (असँ)

• प्रति: towards, in return
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (upasarga/avyaya)

• गृभ्णीत: seize, grasp, accept
• गृभ्णीत: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह् (ग्रहँ) (Vedic: गृभ्णी-)

• मानवम्: the man / Manu’s descendant
• मानवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (prātipadika)

• सुमेधसः: O good-wise ones / of good understanding
• सुमेधसः: (Vocative sense / संबोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + मेधस् (prātipadika)