Rig Veda 10.61.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 61, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.61
Rishi: As 10.61 hymn complex (variable late attribution).
Devata: Operative power of inspired speech (vipra/brahman) with Indraic efficacy (śacī) and ray-force (gábhasti).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मनो न येषु हवनेषु तिग्मं विपः शच्या वनुथो द्रवन्ता । आ यः शर्याभिस्तुविनृम्णो अस्याश्रीणीतादिशं गभस्तौ ॥
Transliteration
máno ná yéṣu hávaneṣu tigmáṃ vípaḥ śácyā vanútho drávantā | ā́ yáḥ śáryābhis tuvínṛmṇo asyā́śrīṇīt ā́diśaṃ gábhastau ||
Translation
येषु हवनेषु मन इव तिग्मं बलं धावति, तेषु विप्राः शच्या प्रभाव्या वनुथो द्रवन्तः। यः शर्याभिः स्वकिरणैस्तुविनृम्णोऽस्य दिशं गभस्तौ समाश्रीणीते, स हव्यस्य ऋजुं पन्थानं प्रतिष्ठापयति।
Word by Word
मनःmind
मनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक) < √मन् (मन्यते)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
येषुin which
येषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हवनेषुin the invocations/offerings (calling-rites)
हवनेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootहवन (प्रातिपदिक) < √हु (जुहोति)
तिग्मम्sharp, keen
तिग्मम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootतिग्म (प्रातिपदिक)
विपःinspired seers/poets
विपः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविप्/विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
शच्याwith skill/power
शच्या:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशची (प्रातिपदिक)
वनुथःyou win/attain
वनुथः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वन् (वनोति/वनुते)
द्रवन्ता(you two) running, rushing
द्रवन्ता:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Root√द्रु (द्रवति) → द्रवत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
आtowards, hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (Preverb)
Rootआ
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शर्याभिःwith missiles/arrows
शर्याभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशर्या (प्रातिपदिक)
तुविनृम्णःof mighty strength
तुविनृम्णः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootतुवि-नृम्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof this
अस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आश्रीणीताhe bestrews/strews forth
आश्रीणीता:
—
TypeVerb
Root√श्री (शृणाति/श्रीणाति ‘to mix, to strew, to bestrew’) + आ-
आत्then/thereupon; from that
आत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआत्
दिशम्direction, quarter
दिशम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
गभस्तौin (his) hands/rays
गभस्तौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगभस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
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Chanting Notes
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