Rig Veda 10.11.9: Mandala 10, Sukta 11, Mantra 9
Sukta 10.11
Rishi: Traditional: often attributed within RV 10.11 to a seer of the late Maṇḍala 10 corpus (exact r̥ṣi uncertain from provided data)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
श्रुधी नो अग्ने सदने सधस्थे युक्ष्वा रथममृतस्य द्रवित्नुम् । आ नो वह रोदसी देवपुत्रे माकिर्देवानामप भूरिह स्याः ॥
Transliteration
śrudhī́ no agne sádane sadhásthe yúkṣvā rátham amṛ́tasya dravitnúm | ā́ no vaha ródasī deváputre mā́kir devā́nām ápa bhūḥ ihá syāḥ ||
Translation
हे अग्ने, सदने सधस्थे च नः श्रुधि; अमृतस्य द्रविणं वहन्तं रथं युक्ष्व। हे देवपुत्र, रोदसी आवह नः; मा किः देवानाṃ अप भूरिह स्याः—इहैव तिष्ठ, मा निवर्तस्व।
Word by Word
श्रुधिhear (listen)
श्रुधि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
सदनेin the seat / dwelling
सदने:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootसदन (प्रातिपदिक)
सधस्थेon the common place / ritual ground
सधस्थे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootसधस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
युक्ष्वyoke (harness)
युक्ष्व:
—
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (धातु)
रथम्the chariot
रथम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
अमृतस्यof immortality / of the deathless (soma)
अमृतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
द्रवित्नुम्the giver of wealth / wealth-bestowing
द्रवित्नुम्:
विशेषण-भावे कर्म (as apposition to रथम्)
TypeNoun
Rootद्रवित्नु (प्रातिपदिक)
आhither / towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
नःto us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
वहcarry / bring
वह:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवह् (धातु)
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्विवचन-तन्तु)
देवपुत्रेO god-born ones (epithet of the two worlds)
देवपुत्रे:
सम्बोधन (to रोदसी)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootदेवपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध)
किःanyone / anything
किः:
कर्ता (of implied verb)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अपaway
अप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
भूःbe / become
भूः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
इहhere
इह:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
स्याःmay you be
स्याः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
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