Rig Veda 4.1.11: Mandala 4, Sukta 1, Mantra 11
Sukta 4.1
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for RV 4.1)
Devata: Agni (Jātavedas; the inner fire as priest and awakener)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 4.1; verse-length and cadence align with Triṣṭubh)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स जायत प्रथमः पस्त्यासु महो बुध्ने रजसो अस्य योनौ । अपादशीर्षा गुहमानो अन्तायोयुवानो वृषभस्य नीळे ॥
Transliteration
sa jā́yata prathamáḥ pastyā̀su mahó budhné rájasaḥ asyá yónau | apā́d aśī́rṣā guhá māno antā́ ā́yoyúvāno vṛṣabhásya nīḷé ||
Translation
स प्रथमोऽपि पस्त्यासु जायते—महो बुध्ने रजसोऽस्य योनौ। अपादशीर्षो गुहमानोऽन्तः; वृषभस्य नीळे नित्ययुवानः संवर्धते॥
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जायतwas born / came to be
जायत:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जने)
प्रथमःfirst
प्रथमः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
पस्त्यासुin the dwellings / abodes
पस्त्यासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
महोof the great
महो:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
बुध्नेin the depth / at the bottom
बुध्ने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootबुध्न (प्रातिपदिक)
रजसःof the space/realm (rajas)
रजसः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof this
अस्य:
(सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
योनौin the womb / source
योनौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (प्रातिपदिक)
अपादशीर्षाfootless and headless
अपादशीर्षा:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअपाद-शीर्षन् (बहुव्रीहि-समास; प्रातिपदिक)
गुहम्hiding-place / cave
गुहम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगुह (प्रातिपदिक)
आमानःmeasuring out / forming
आमानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√मा (माने/मान् ‘to measure, to form’; here kṛdanta from √मा with ā-; traditional: आ-√मा ‘to fashion/measure out’)
अन्ताthe end / boundary
अन्ता:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
अयोयुवानःiron-youthful / youthful like iron (strong, fresh)
अयोयुवानः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootअयस्-युवन् (तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि-समास; प्रातिपदिक) + (कृदन्त-रूप) युवान
वृषभस्यof the bull
वृषभस्य:
(सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
नीळेin the nest / resting-place
नीळे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनीळ (प्रातिपदिक)
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Natural Symbolism
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