Rig Veda 10.54.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 54, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.54
Devata: Indra (or a high cosmic power addressed in Indra-hymnic frame; requires hymn-level confirmation)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
क उ नु ते महिमनः समस्यास्मत्पूर्व ऋषयोऽन्तमापुः । यन्मातरं च पितरं च साकमजनयथास्तन्वः स्वायाः ॥
Transliteration
ká u nú te mahimánaḥ samasyā́smát pū́rva ṛ́ṣayo ántam āpuḥ | yán mātáraṃ ca pitáraṃ ca sākám ájanayathās tanvàḥ svā́yāḥ ||
Translation
ఓ (ఇంద్రా)! నీ మహిమ యొక్క అంతిమ సీమను ఎవరు చేరగలరు?—దాని సంపూర్ణ పరిమాణాన్ని పూర్వ ఋషులకూడా పొందలేకపోయారు. ఎందుకంటే నీవు నీ స్వతనువులోనుంచి తల్లినీ తండ్రినీ ఒకేసారి జనింపజేశావు.
Word by Word
कःwho? (which one?)
कः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootक (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed, surely (emphatic particle)
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
नुnow, then (enclitic particle)
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
तेof you, your
ते:
—
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
महिमानःgreatness, might
महिमानः:
Kartā (प्रश्नवाक्ये विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootमहिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
समस्यhaving come together / having comprehended (as one)
समस्य:
—
TypeVerb (absolutive/gerund)
Rootसम् + अस् (धातु: अस् ‘to be’)
अस्मत्from us
अस्मत्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वेformer, earlier
पूर्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषयःseers
ऋषयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तम्end, limit
अन्तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
आपुःthey reached, attained
आपुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (धातु: आप् ‘to reach, obtain’)
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सम्बन्ध-प्रातिपदिक)
मातरम्mother
मातरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
पितरम्father
पितरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
साकम्together
साकम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाकम् (अव्यय/निपात)
अजनयथाःyou generated, you brought forth
अजनयथाः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअ + जनय् (धातु: जनय् ‘to beget, generate’; causative of √जन्)
तन्वःof (your) body, of (your) own person
तन्वः:
—
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वायाःof your own
स्वायाः:
—
TypeAdjective (possessive)
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक)
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