Rig Veda 10.187.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 187, Mantra 2
Sukta 10.187
Devata: Agni (as transcendent light)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यः परस्याः परावतस्तिरो धन्वातिरोचते । स नः पर्षदति द्विषः ॥
Transliteration
yáḥ párasyāḥ parāvátaḥ tiró dhánvā́ti-rocate | sá naḥ párṣad áti dvíṣaḥ ||
Translation
పరా-పరావత్ అనే అత్యంత దూరానికీ అవతల, ధన్వ (ఎండిన విస్తీర్ణం)కీ అవతల, దృశ్య సీమలకీ అవతల ప్రకాశించువాడు—ఆ అగ్ని మమ్మల్ని ద్వేషుల్ని దాటి చేర్చుగాక.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
परस्याःof the far/remote (one)
परस्याः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
परावतःfrom afar, from a distant region
परावतः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootपरावत् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग/अव्ययीभाव-प्रातिपदिक; ‘far distance’)
तिरःacross, beyond, over
तिरः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतिरस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
धन्वाwith/through the bow (as means)
धन्वा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधन्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bow/arc; also ‘desert/steppe’ in some contexts) रूपम्: धन्वा (instrumental sg.)
तिरःacross, beyond
तिरः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतिरस्
उच्यतेis spoken of / is called
उच्यते:
(Kriyā) मुख्यक्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु) → उच्यते (passive)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / to us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
पर्षत्may he carry (us) across; may he save
पर्षत्:
(Kriyā) आज्ञा/प्रार्थना
TypeVerb
Rootपॄ/पॢ (धातु; ‘to bring across, save, carry over’) → पर्षत्
अतिover, beyond
अति:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
द्विषःthe haters, enemies
द्विषः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्विष् (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक ‘hater, enemy’)
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