Rig Veda 1.68.3 — Mandala 1, Sukta 68, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.68
Rishi: Parāśara (traditional)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; confirm)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आदित्ते विश्वे क्रतुं जुषन्त शुष्काद्यद्देव जीवो जनिष्ठाः ॥
Transliteration
ā́d ít te víśve krátum juṣanta śúṣkād yád deva jī́vo janiṣṭhā́ḥ ॥
Translation
तदा हि सर्वे तव क्रतुं जुषन्ते; हे देव, त्वं शुष्कात् जीवो जनिष्ठाः, यत्र निर्जीवता तत्र जीवनं प्राबोधयः।
Word by Word
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
दित्तेin/at the given (place/act)
दित्ते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeVerb-form (participial base used with enclitic)
Rootदा (धातु) / दत्त (कृदन्त)
विश्वेall (the gods)
विश्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
क्रतुम्resolve, power of will; rite/plan
क्रतुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
जुषन्तthey enjoy/favour, accept
जुषन्त:
—
TypeVerb
Rootजुष् (धातु)
शुष्कात्from the dry (state), from dryness
शुष्कात्:
Apādāna
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootशुष्क (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when/that which
यत्:
—
TypePronoun/Relative
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवO god
देव:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative address)
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
जीवःliving (one), alive
जीवः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootजीव (प्रातिपदिक)
जनिष्ठाःyou were born / you have been born
जनिष्ठाः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
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