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Rig Veda 3.29.11: Mandala 3, Sukta 29, Mantra 11

Sukta 3.29

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional)
Devata: Agni (in forms Tanūnapāt / Narāśaṃsa; with Mātariśvan as associated power)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

तनूनपादुच्यते गर्भ आसुरो नराशंसो भवति यद्विजायते । मातरिश्वा यदमिमीत मातरि वातस्य सर्गो अभवत्सरीमणि ॥

tanūnápād ucyate gárbha āsuró narāśáṃso bhavati yád vijā́yate | mātáriśvā yád amímīta mātári vā́tasya sárgo abhavat sarī́maṇi ||

அவன் ‘தனூனபாத்’ என அழைக்கப்படுகிறான்—ஒளிமிகு சக்தியின் கருவாக; வெளிப்படையாகப் பிறக்கும்போது ‘நராஶம்ஸ’ ஆகிறான். மேலும் மாதரிஷ்வா அவனை ‘மாதா’வில் அளந்தபோது, ‘சரி’ எனும் ஓடும் பாதையில் வாயுவின் விடுதலைப் பெருக்காக வெளிப்பட்டது.

तनूनपात्Tanūnapāt (a divine epithet, esp. of Agni)
तनूनपात्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootतनूनपात् (प्रातिपदिक; तन् + नपात्)
उच्यतेis called / is said
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
गर्भःembryo; hidden one
गर्भः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्ध-वाक्ये) / विधेय-नाम
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
आसुरःasuric; belonging to the Asura
आसुरः:
TypeAdjective
Rootआसुर (प्रातिपदिक; असुर-सम्बन्धी)
नराशंसःNarāśaṃsa (praise of men; a divine epithet)
नराशंसः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootनराशंस (प्रातिपदिक)
भवतिbecomes / is
भवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
यत्when; that which
यत्:
अधिकरण/सम्बन्ध (यदा-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विजायतेis born forth; comes to birth
विजायते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु) + वि- (उपसर्ग)
मातरिश्वाMātariśvan (a divine being; often the bringer of fire)
मातरिश्वा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootमातरिश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्what; which
यत्:
कर्म (अमीमीत इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अमीमीतmeasured out; apportioned
अमीमीत:
TypeVerb
Rootमा (धातु; मिमीते/मिमीत ‘to measure’)
मातरिin the mother
मातरि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
वातस्यof the wind
वातस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्गःrush; emission; impulse
सर्गः:
कर्तृ / विधेय-नाम
TypeNoun
Rootसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक; √सृज्-सम्बन्ध)
अभवत्came to be; arose
अभवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु) + अभि- (उपसर्ग)
सरीमणिin the course/track of flowing; in the stream (of motion)
सरीमणि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun (locative adverbial)
Rootसरीमन्/सरीम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘running/flowing’ इत्यर्थे) + इ (सप्तमी-एकवचन)

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