Rig Veda 10.88.12: Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Mantra 12
Sukta 10.88
Devata: Agni Vaiśvānara; associated Uṣas and Āpaḥ motifs
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विश्वस्मा अग्निं भुवनाय देवा वैश्वानरं केतुमह्नामकृण्वन् । आ यस्ततानोषसो विभातीरपो ऊर्णोति तमो अर्चिषा यन् ॥
Transliteration
viśvasmā agniṃ bhuvanāya devā vaiśvānaraṃ ketum ahnām akṛṇvan | ā yas tatānoṣaso vibhātīr apo ūrṇoti tamo arciṣā yan ||
Translation
సమస్త జగత్తుకోసం దేవులు అగ్ని—వైశ్వానరుని—దినాల ధ్వజచిహ్నంగా చేసారు. ఆయనే ప్రకాశించే ఉషస్సులను విస్తరింపజేస్తాడు; సాగుతూ తన అర్చిషాతో తమస్సును కప్పి తొలగిస్తాడు.
Word by Word
विश्वस्मैto/for all (to everyone)
विश्वस्मै:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootविश्व (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
अग्निम्Agni (fire)
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika)
भुवनायfor the world/being
भुवनाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (prātipadika)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (prātipadika)
वैश्वानरम्Vaiśvānara (Agni as ‘belonging to all men’)
वैश्वानरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootवैश्वानर (prātipadika; epithet of Agni)
केतुम्a banner/sign; light, signal
केतुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootकेतु (prātipadika)
अह्नाम्of the days
अह्नाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (prātipadika)
अकृण्वन्they made/established
अकृण्वन्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
आtowards; forth
आ:
(क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga/avyaya)
यःwho
यः:
कर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma)
ततानhas stretched/spread
ततान:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootतन् (धातु)
उषसःthe dawns
उषसः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (prātipadika)
विभातीःshining forth, radiant
विभातीः:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (verbal)
Rootवि + भा (धातु) → विभाति (present stem); here as participial adjective
अपःthe waters
अपः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (prātipadika)
ऊर्णोतिcovers, envelops
ऊर्णोति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवृ/ऊर्णु (धातु; Vedic present)
तमःdarkness
तमः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (prātipadika)
अर्चिषाwith flame/radiance
अर्चिषा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअर्चिस् (prātipadika)
यन्which; as/when (that)
यन्:
कर्म (of implied verb ‘going/advancing’ or correlating to preceding action)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (sarvanāma)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
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Chanting Notes
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