Rig Veda 1.65.10: Mandala 1, Sukta 65, Mantra 10
Sukta 1.65
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (traditional)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सोमो न वेधा ऋतप्रजातः पशुर्न शिश्वा विभुर्दूरेभाः ॥
Transliteration
sómo ná vedhā́ ṛtá-prajātaḥ | paśúr ná śíśvā vibhúr dūrébhāḥ ||
Translation
ดุจโสมะ (Soma) ผู้รู้และผู้ก่อรูป ผู้บังเกิดจากระเบียบแห่งสัจจะ (ṛta); ดุจสัตว์น้อยผู้เยาว์ ผู้มีภาวะกว้างไกล เขาส่องประกายจากแดนอันไกลโพ้น—อัคนี (Agni) พลังอันแผ่ไกลของ ṛta.
Word by Word
सोमःSoma (the deity/pressed juice)
सोमः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक) < √सु (सवने/प्रसवने) / सोम- (देव/रस)
नlike; as (comparative particle)
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
वेधाःthe wise one; ordainer; seer
वेधाः:
कर्तृ (उपमान-रूपेण) / विशेषण-सम्बन्धः
TypeNoun
Rootवेधस्/वेधा (प्रातिपदिक) < √विध्/√वेध् (वेधने/विधान-ज्ञानयोः)
ऋतप्रजातःborn of ṛta (cosmic order); rightly born
ऋतप्रजातः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootऋत- + प्रजात (कृदन्त) < √जन् (प्रादुर्भावे) + प्र-
पशुःa beast; cattle
पशुः:
कर्तृ (उपमान-रूपेण)
TypeNoun
Rootपशु (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike; as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
शिश्वाyoung; vigorous (as a young animal)
शिश्वा:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (उपमानस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootशिश्व (प्रातिपदिक) < √शिश्/√शिश्व् (वृद्धौ/प्रबलतायाम्; वैदिक-विशेषण)
विभुःmighty; all-pervading
विभुः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootविभु (प्रातिपदिक) < वि- + √भू (भवने) / ‘all-pervading, mighty’
दूरेभाःfar-striding/long-reaching (lit. ‘having an elephant from afar’; an epithet of great power)
दूरेभाः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
TypeNoun (compound) / Adjective (bahuvrīhi-like epithet)
Rootदूर- + इभ (प्रातिपदिक) ‘elephant’
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