Rig Veda 10.142.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 142, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.142
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत वा उ परि वृणक्षि बप्सद्बहोरग्न उलपस्य स्वधावः । उत खिल्या उर्वराणां भवन्ति मा ते हेतिं तविषीं चुक्रुधाम ॥
Transliteration
utá vā ú páry vṛṇakṣi bápsad bahór agna úlapasya svadhāvaḥ | utá khilyā́ urvárāṇāṃ bhavanti mā́ te hetíṃ taviṣī́ṃ cukrudhāma ||
Translation
उत वा उ परि वृणक्षि बप्सद् बहोरग्ने उलपस्य स्वधावः; उत खिल्या उर्वराणां भवन्ति। मा ते हेतिं तविषीं चुक्रुधाम; अपि तु ते तेजोऽस्माकं वृद्ध्यै समृद्ध्यै च भवतु।
Word by Word
उतand; also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
वाor; alternatively
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
उindeed; just
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ
परिaround; completely
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि
वृणक्षिyou turn/ward off; you avert
वृणक्षि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वृज्/√वृञ्ज् (वृणक्ति)
बप्सत्crackling; sputtering (of fire)
बप्सत्:
Kartā (to implied action of ‘burning/roaring’ as epithet)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√बप्स् (intensive/onomat.)
बहुःmuch; abundant
बहुः:
Kartā (with अग्ने as epithet)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
उलपस्यof the Ulapa (name of a being/hostile power; lit. ‘stalk/tuft’ in later usage)
उलपस्य:
Sambandha (genitive of relation)
TypeNoun
Rootउलप
स्वधावःO possessor of svadhā (innate power/ritual potency)
स्वधावः:
Sambodhana (epithet of Agni)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वधा-वन्
उतand also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
खिल्याःwaste-lands; fallow patches
खिल्याः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootखिल्य
उर्वराणाम्of the fertile fields
उर्वराणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootउर्वरा
भवन्तिthey become
भवन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भू
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
तेfor you; to you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
हेतिम्missile; weapon; blow
हेतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहेति
तविषीम्force; might
तविषीम्:
Karma (appositional with हेतिम्)
TypeNoun
Rootतविषी
चुक्रुधामwe have angered/stirred up; we provoke
चुक्रुधाम:
—
TypeVerb
Root√क्रुध्
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