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Rig Veda 10.61.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 61, Mantra 7

Sukta 10.61

Rishi: Same hymn complex (10.61).
Devata: Vāstoṣpati (explicitly named), and brahman as generated power; gods as collective agencies.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

पिता यत्स्वां दुहितरमधिष्कन्क्ष्मया रेतः संजग्मानो नि षिञ्चत् । स्वाध्योऽजनयन्ब्रह्म देवा वास्तोष्पतिं व्रतपां निरतक्षन् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.61.7

pitā́ yát svā́ṃ duhítaram adhi-skán kṣmáyā́ rétaḥ saṃjagmā́nō ní ṣiñcat | svā́dhyò ’janayan bráhma devā́ vāstóṣpátiṃ vratapā́ṃ nír atakṣan ||

పితా తన కుమార్తెను సమీపించి, భూమితో సంయోగమై బీజాన్ని పోసినప్పుడు, స్వాధ్య (సమ్యక్ అంతఃస్థాపన) నుండి దేవులు బ్రహ్మ—మంత్ర-సత్యాన్ని—జనింపజేశారు; మరియు వారు వ్రతపాలకుడు, అంతఃనివాసాధిపతి అయిన వాస్తోష్పతిని రూపకల్పన చేశారు.

पिताthe father
पिता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
यत्what/that which
यत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun (relative) / Indeclinable (particle-like)
Rootयद्
स्वाम्his own
स्वाम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (possessive)
Rootस्व
दुहितरम्daughter
दुहितरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदुहितृ
अधिupon, over
अधि:
अधिकरण (prepositional)
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootअधि
स्कन्leapt/mounted
स्कन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootस्कन्द्
क्ष्मयाwith/through the earth; on the ground
क्ष्मया:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootक्ष्मा
रेतःseed, semen
रेतः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरेतस्
संजग्मानःhaving come together/approached
संजग्मानः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootगम् (उपसर्ग: सम्)
निdown, into
नि:
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootनि
सिञ्चत्poured/sprinkled
सिञ्चत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootसिच्
स्वाध्यःself-impelled/acting by his own power
स्वाध्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वाधी (स्व + आधा/धी) अथवा स्वाध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अजनयन्they generated/produced
अजनयन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
ब्रह्मsacred formulation/prayer; brahman
ब्रह्म:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
वास्तोष्पतिम्Vāstoṣpati, lord of the dwelling
वास्तोष्पतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootवास्तोष्पति (वास्तु/वास्तोष् + पति)
व्रतपाम्keeper/guardian of sacred order (vrata)
व्रतपाम्:
कर्म (apposition to वास्तोष्पतिम्)
TypeNoun/Adjective (compound)
Rootव्रतपा (व्रत + पा ‘protector/keeper’)
निर्out, forth; thoroughly
निर्:
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootनिस् (निर्)
अतक्षन्they fashioned/constructed
अतक्षन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootतक्ष्

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