Rig Veda 10.62.8 — Mandala 10, Sukta 62, Mantra 8

Sukta 10.62

Rishi: Aṅgiras-tradition seers (hymn-context)

Devata: Indra/Agni-associated powers enabling growth and giving (contextual; verse centers on Manu’s increase)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र नूनं जायतामयं मनुस्तोक्मेव रोहतु । यः सहस्रं शताश्वं सद्यो दानाय मंहते ॥

Transliteration

prá nūnáṃ jāyatām ayáṃ mánus tókmeva rohatu | yáḥ sahásraṃ śatá-aśvaṃ sadyó dānā́ya maṃhate ||

Translation

प्र नूनमयं मनुः प्रजायतां टोक्म इव रोहतु दृढः। यः सहस्रं शताश्वं च सद्यो दानाय मंहते॥

Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• नूनम्: now, indeed
• नूनम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• जायताम्: let (the two) be born / arise
• जायताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (jan) धातु

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāman)

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: Kartā (apposition to अयम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (prātipadika)

• तोक्मा: sprout, shoot (offspring-like growth)
• तोक्मा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोक्मन्/तोक्म (prātipadika)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• रोहतु: let (him/it) grow, ascend
• रोहतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (ruh) धातु

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (prātipadika)

• शताश्वम्: (a gift) with a hundred horses / hundred-horsed
• शताश्वम्: Karma (with सहस्रम् as coordinated object)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शताश्व (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound)

• सद्यः: immediately, at once
• सद्यः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः

• दानाय: for giving, for a gift
• दानाय: Sampradāna / purpose-dative
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (prātipadika)

• मंहते: is generous / bestows
• मंहते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मंह्/महि (maṃh) धातु (Vedic: ‘to be liberal, to bestow’)