Rig Veda 10.16.10: Mandala 10, Sukta 16, Mantra 10
Sukta 10.16
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditionally associated with many funeral hymns; attribution varies by Anukramaṇī for this section)
Devata: Agni (in the forms Kravyād and Jātavedas) connected with Pitṛs
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (common for RV 10th maṇḍala narrative/ritual verses; exact metrical scan recommended)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो अग्निः क्रव्यात्प्रविवेश वो गृहमिमं पश्यन्नितरं जातवेदसम् । तं हरामि पितृयज्ञाय देवं स घर्ममिन्वात्परमे सधस्थे ॥
Transliteration
yo a॒gniḥ kravya-at pra-viveśa vo gṛham imam paśyann itaram jāta-vedasam | taṃ harāmi pitṛ-yajñāya devaṃ sa gharmam invāt parame sadha-sthe ||
Translation
योऽग्निः क्रव्यात् प्रविवेश वो गृहमिमं पश्यन्नितरं जातवेदसम्। तं हरामि पितृयज्ञाय देवं स घर्ममिन्वात् परमे सधस्थे॥
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निःAgni, fire
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
क्रव्यात्flesh-eater (corpse-devouring)
क्रव्यात्:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootक्रव्याद् (प्रातिपदिक; क्रवि + अद् ‘eater’)
प्रविवेशhas entered
प्रविवेश:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विश् (प्र + वि + विश्)
वःyour
वः:
Sampradāna (सम्बन्ध/अधिकार-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
गृहम्house
गृहम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
इमम्this
इमम्:
Karma (विशेषणत्वेन)
TypePronoun/Determiner
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम)
पश्यन्seeing
पश्यन्:
Kartā (सह-क्रिया)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√पश् (दृश्-अर्थे)
इतरम्the other
इतरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootइतर (प्रातिपदिक)
जातवेदसम्Jātavedas (Agni as ‘knower of births’)
जातवेदसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; जात + वेदस्)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
हरामिI take away / remove
हरामि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√हृ (हरति)
पितृयज्ञायfor the ancestral rite
पितृयज्ञाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootपितृयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘पितॄणां यज्ञः’)
देवम्the god
देवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
घर्मम्heat, warmth (glow)
घर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootघर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्वात्may he set in motion / may he quicken
इन्वात्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√इ (इन्वति/इन्वते ‘to set in motion, impel, quicken’)
परमेin the highest
परमे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
सधस्थेseat, abode
सधस्थे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसधस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
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