Rig Veda 1.158.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 158, Mantra 6

Sukta 1.158

Rishi: Self-referential: Dīrghatamas Āucathya

Devata: Brahman / Apas (mantric consciousness guiding toward the Waters)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence is possible here due to brevity; however RV 1.158 is generally Triṣṭubh—verify with a metrical index for this specific verse.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

दीर्घतमा मामतेयो जुजुर्वान्दशमे युगे । अपामर्थं यतीनां ब्रह्मा भवति सारथिः ॥

Transliteration

dīrghátamā māmateyó jujurvā́n daśamé yugé | apā́m árthaṃ yatī́nāṃ brahmā́ bhavati sā́rathiḥ ||

Translation

ทีรฆตมส (Dīrghatamas) บุตรแห่งมมตา สุกงอมในยุคที่สิบ; เพื่อการแสวงหาน้ำของเหล่าผู้แสวงหา พรหมัน (brahman) จึงเป็นสารถี.

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Word by Word

• दीर्घतमाः: Dīrghatamas (the long-dark one; a seer)
• दीर्घतमाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: दीर्घतम (प्रातिपदिक; दीर्घ + तमप्)

• मामतेयः: the son/descendant of Mamata
• मामतेयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective (patronymic)
• Root: मामतेय (प्रातिपदिक; ममता + एय प्रत्यय ‘वंशज/पुत्र’)

• जुजुर्वान्: having grown old; aged
• जुजुर्वान्: कर्तृ
• Type: Participle (perfect active)
• Root: √जॄ/जॢ (जर्/जॄ ‘to grow old, wear out’) → जुजुर्वस् (परिपूर्ण/परिपक्व भाव)

• दशमे: in the tenth
• दशमे: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: दशम (क्रमवाचक प्रातिपदिक)

• युगे: age; yuga
• युगे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्थम्: purpose; aim; meaning
• अर्थम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यतीनाम्: of the ascetics/strivers
• यतीनाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मा: the brahmā-priest; the sacred-formulator
• ब्रह्मा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sacred utterance/priestly power’)

• भवति: becomes; is
• भवति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (to be, become)

• सारथिः: charioteer; guide
• सारथिः: कर्तृ/विशेषण (ब्रह्मा इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘charioteer/driver’)