Rig Veda 1.68.1 — Mandala 1, Sukta 68, Mantra 1
Sukta 1.68
Rishi: Parāśara (traditional for this Agni hymn cluster)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; confirm)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
श्रीणन्नुप स्थाद्दिवं भुरण्युः स्थातुश्चरथमक्तून्व्यूर्णोत् ॥
Transliteration
śrīṇánn úpa sthā́d dívaṃ bhuraṇyúḥ sthātúś carátham aktū́n vy ù̄rṇot ॥
Translation
स्वयं प्रसार्य भुरण्युः स्वर्गं प्रति समुत्थितः; स्थातुः चरथं विवृणोति, अक्तून् च विस्तरेण व्यावृणोत्।
Word by Word
श्रीणन्mixing/pressing (Soma), preparing
श्रीणन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√श्री (शृणाति/श्रीणाति ‘to mix, prepare; in RV esp. to press/prepare Soma’)
उपnear, up to
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (upasarga)
स्थात्stood, took his stand
स्थात्:
— (finite verb) / action of Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (to stand, to take a stand)
दिवम्the heaven, the sky
दिवम्:
Karma (goal/limit with √स्था: ‘stand up to/at’)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (prātipadika: दिव्/द्यौ ‘sky, heaven’)
भुरण्युःthe impetuous/ardent one (epithet)
भुरण्युः:
Kartā (apposition to the subject)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootभुरण्यु (prātipadika; epithet, ‘swift/impetuous, eager, ardent’)
स्थातुःof the one who stands/abides
स्थातुः:
Genitive relation (of the ‘stander’)
TypeNoun (agent)
Root√स्था (kṛdanta: स्थातृ ‘stander; one who stands/abides’)
चरथम्the course/going; the chariot-ride (movement)
चरथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचरथ (prātipadika; ‘course, movement; chariot/going’)
अक्तून्the nights
अक्तून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअक्तु (prātipadika; ‘night; darkness’; RV often plural ‘nights’)
व्यूर्णोत्unfolded, spread out, opened
व्यूर्णोत्:
— (finite verb) / action of Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते; with वि: ‘to spread out, unfold, open, disclose’)
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