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Rig Veda 1.66.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 66, Mantra 5

Sukta 1.66

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (traditional)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires verification)

दुरोकशोचिः क्रतुर्न नित्यो जायेव योनावरं विश्वस्मै ॥

duróka-śociḥ kratúr ná nítyo | jāyéva yónāvarám víśvasmai ||

แม้ในที่เข้าถึงยากก็ยังลุกโชติช่วง; คงมั่นดุจเจตจำนง (kratu) อันได้ผลไม่ขาด; ดุจภรรยาในเรือนครรภ์ ท่านพร้อมเพื่อสรรพสิ่ง—อัคนี (Agni) ทรงสถิต ณ ที่นั่งอันเร้นลับ และทรงมอบพระองค์แก่ทุกส่วนแห่งภาวะ.

दुरोकशोचिःhaving a hard-to-dwell-in (or hard-to-approach) blaze; fierce-flaming
दुरोकशोचिः:
Kartā (वाक्ये विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्) अथवा विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootदुरोक-शोचि (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास) < दुरोक (दुर्+ओकस् ‘दुर्गृह/दुर्निवास’) + शोचि (शुच्/शोच् ‘दीप्ति/तेजस्’)
क्रतुःwill, resolve; ritual power/insight
क्रतुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
like, as
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
नित्यःeverlasting, constant
नित्यः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्) अथवा विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक) < √नित्/नित्य (स्थैर्ये) (परम्परागत)
जायाऽइवlike a wife
जायाऽइव:
Kartā (उपमानम्) / विशेषणोपमान-सम्बन्धः
TypeNoun + Indeclinable
Rootजाया (प्रातिपदिक) + इव (अव्यय)
योनौin the womb; in the source/seat
योनौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (प्रातिपदिक)
अवरम्the lower/nearer (part); the underside
अवरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun-like
Rootअवर (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वस्मैto/for everyone; to the whole (world)
विश्वस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Pronoun-like adjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

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