Rig Veda 1.110.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 110, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.110
Rishi: Ribhu-praise tradition within RV 1.110.
Devata: Ribhus, under Savitar’s impulsion.
Chandas: Trishtubh.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तत्सविता वोऽमृतत्वमासुवदगोह्यं यच्छ्रवयन्त ऐतन । त्यं चिच्चमसमसुरस्य भक्षणमेकं सन्तमकृणुता चतुर्वयम् ॥
Transliteration
tát savitā́ vo ’mṛtatvám ā́suvad ágohyaṃ yác chraváyanta áitana | tyáṃ cic camásam ásurasya bhákṣaṇam ékaṃ sántam akṛṇutā́ catúrvayam ||
Translation
स सविता युष्मासु अमृतत्वम् आसुवत्—अगोह्यं धनम्—यदा यूयं प्रसरन्तः श्रवणं प्रकाशयन्त ऐतन। तं चित् चमसम् असुरस्य भक्षण-पात्रम् एकं सन्तं चतुर्वयम् अकरुत।
Word by Word
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (object of आसुवत्) / or deictic subject depending on construal
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सविताSavitar (the impeller, Sun-god)
सविता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
वःfor you / your
वः:
Sampradāna/possessive (for you, your)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अमृतत्वम्immortality
अमृतत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअमृतत्व (प्रातिपदिक; अमृत + त्व)
आtowards, forth
आ:
—
TypePreverb
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
असुवत्impelled, set in motion, bestowed
असुवत्:
(with सविता as Kartā)
TypeVerb
Root√सू (सुवति) with आ-
अगोह्यम्not to be hidden; unconcealable
अगोह्यम्:
Karma (qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-गोह्य (प्रातिपदिक; गोह्य ‘to be concealed/hidden’ with privative अ-)
यत्which
यत्:
Karma (object of श्रावयन्तः)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
श्रावयन्तःcausing (it) to be heard; proclaiming
श्रावयन्तः:
Kartā (they who cause to be heard)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√श्रु (श्रावयति, causative)
एतनthis (very thing)
एतन:
Karma (apposition to यत्)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्/एतन् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; Vedic form)
त्यम्that (yonder)
त्यम्:
Karma (object of अकृणुता)
TypePronoun
Rootत्यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; deictic)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
चमसम्cup, beaker (Soma-cup)
चमसम्:
Karma (object of अकृणुता)
TypeNoun
Rootचमस (प्रातिपदिक)
असुरस्यof the Asura (lord)
असुरस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
भक्षणम्eating; portion to be eaten
भक्षणम्:
Karma (in apposition/secondary object)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्षण (प्रातिपदिक; action noun from √भक्ष)
एकम्one, single
एकम्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
सन्तम्being, existing
सन्तम्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Root√अस् (सत्-प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
अकृणुताyou two made
अकृणुता:
Kartā (you two) with objects tyam/camasam/bhakṣaṇam
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (कृणोति)
चतुर्वयम्fourfold; into four portions
चतुर्वयम्:
Karma (resultative complement)
TypeAdjective/Noun (compound)
Rootचतुर्-वय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fourfold/for four men/with four shares’—Vedic compound)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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