Rig Veda 10.88.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Mantra 4
Sukta 10.88
Devata: Agni Jātavedas
Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; needs confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो होतासीत्प्रथमो देवजुष्टो यं समाञ्जन्नाज्येना वृणानाः । स पतत्रीत्वरं स्था जगद्यच्छ्वात्रमग्निरकृणोज्जातवेदाः ॥
Transliteration
yo hotāsīt prathamo devajuṣṭo yaṃ samāñjann ājyena vṛṇānāḥ | sa patatrī tv araṃ sthā jagad yac chvātram agnir akṛṇoj jātavedāḥ ||
Translation
यो होतासीत्त्प्रथमो देवजुष्टो यं समाञ्जन्नाज्येना वृणानाः। स पतत्रीत्वरं स्था जगद्यच्छ्वात्रमग्निरकृणोज्जातवेदाः॥
Word by Word
यःwho (he)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
होताHotṛ-priest (invoker)
होता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहु (धातु) → होतृ- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
प्रथमःfirst
प्रथमः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम- (प्रातिपदिक)
देवजुष्टःapproved/favored by the gods
देवजुष्टः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootदेव- + जुष्ट- (√जुष् ‘to be pleased/approve’ → भूतकृदन्त)
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
समाञ्जन्they anointed
समाञ्जन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-√अञ्ज् (धातु ‘to anoint’)
आज्येनwith ghee
आज्येन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootआज्य- (प्रातिपदिक)
वृणानाःchoosing (him)
वृणानाः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√वृ (धातु ‘to choose’) → वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पतत्रीत्वरम्the bird(-like) swiftness / winged speed
पतत्रीत्वरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootपतत्री- (प्रातिपदिक) + त्वरा- (प्रातिपदिक)
स्थाhas stood / took his stand
स्था:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
जगत्the world (all that moves)
जगत्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘moving world’)
यत्which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
श्वात्रम्the dog(-like) [form/being]; ‘Śvātra’
श्वात्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्वात्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निःAgni
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
अकृणोत्made
अकृणोत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु ‘to make/do’)
जातवेदाःJātavedas (Agni, ‘knower of births’)
जातवेदाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootजात- (√जन् भूतकृदन्त) + वेदस्- (प्रातिपदिक) → जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
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