Rig Veda 10.62.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 62, Mantra 6
Sukta 10.62
Rishi: Aṅgiras-tradition seers (hymn-context)
Devata: Agni / Aṅgirases (Navagvas, Daśagvas)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ये अग्नेः परि जज्ञिरे विरूपासो दिवस्परि । नवग्वो नु दशग्वो अङ्गिरस्तमो सचा देवेषु मंहते ॥
Transliteration
yé agnéḥ pári jajñire virū́pāso divás pári | náva-gvo nú dáśa-gvo aṅgíras-tamo sácā devéṣu maṃhate ||
Translation
येऽग्नेः परि जज्ञिरे विरूपासो दिवः परि; नवग्वो नु दशग्वो, अङ्गिरस्तमः सचा देवेषु मंहते।
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
अग्नेःof Agni
अग्नेः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि-
परिaround; forth; (as preverb)
परि:
Upasarga/Adverbial
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootपरि
जज्ञिरेwere born; have been born
जज्ञिरे:
Kriyā (predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनि)
विरूपासःof diverse forms; various-shaped
विरूपासः:
Kartā (apposition to ये)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootवि-रूप-
दिवःfrom heaven; of heaven
दिवः:
Apādāna (with परि = ‘from/out of’ in sense) / Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ-
परिfrom around; forth from
परि:
Upasarga/Adverbial
TypeIndeclinable (preposition)
Rootपरि
नवग्वःNavagva (one of the Navagvas)
नवग्वः:
Kartā (appositional epithet)
TypeNoun (tribal/ritual group name)
Rootनवग्व- (प्रातिपदिक; name/epithet)
नुnow; indeed
नु:
Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootनु
दशग्वःDaśagva (one of the Daśagvas)
दशग्वः:
Kartā (appositional epithet)
TypeNoun (tribal/ritual group name)
Rootदशग्व- (प्रातिपदिक; name/epithet)
अङ्गिरस्तमःthe most Angiras-like; best of the Aṅgirases
अङ्गिरस्तमः:
Kartā (apposition; chief subject epithet)
TypeNoun/Adjective (superlative epithet)
Rootअङ्गिरस्- + तमप् (superlative) → अङ्गिरस्-तम-
सचाtogether with; in company
सचा:
Adverbial (association)
TypeIndeclinable (adverb/preposition)
Rootसचा
देवेषुamong the gods
देवेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sphere)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-
मंहतेis bountiful; bestows; grants
मंहते:
Kriyā (predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√मंह् (मंहते) / √मह् (Vedic: to be liberal, to grant)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
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