Rig Veda 10.120.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 120, Mantra 3

Sukta 10.120

Rishi: Uncertain (see RV 10.120).

Devata: Indra-like power with Soma-honey imagery; the verse blends martial and delight motifs.

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh/Jagatī tendency; requires verification.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्वे क्रतुमपि वृञ्जन्ति विश्वे द्विर्यदेते त्रिर्भवन्त्यूमाः । स्वादोः स्वादीयः स्वादुना सृजा समदः सु मधु मधुनाभि योधीः ॥

Transliteration

tvé kratúm ápi vṛñjanti víśve dvír yád eté trír bhávanty ū́māḥ | svādóḥ svā́dīyaḥ svā́dunā sṛjā́ sámadaḥ su mádhu mádhunā́bhi yodhīḥ ||

Translation

ในท่าน สรรพสิ่งทั้งปวงย่อมรวมเจตจำนงและญาณหยั่งรู้ (กรตุ) เมื่อพลังชีวิตเหล่านี้ทวีเป็นสองและเป็นสาม. ผู้หวานยิ่งกว่าความหวาน จงสร้างด้วยความหวาน; ในเอกภาพแห่งความปีติ จงผสานน้ำผึ้งกับน้ำผึ้ง และจงฝ่าฟันต่อสู้ด้วยสิ่งนั้น.

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Word by Word

• त्वे: in/at you
• त्वे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• क्रतुम्: will, resolve, power of intention
• क्रतुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (निपात)

• वृञ्जन्ति: they choose/appropriate, take to themselves
• वृञ्जन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृञ्ज् (धातु; वर्गः भ्वादि)

• विश्वे: all (of them)
• विश्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: विश्व- (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्विः: twice
• द्विः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्विस् (अव्यय)

• यत्: when/that which
• यत्: —
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एते: these
• एते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रिः: thrice
• त्रिः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रिस् (अव्यय)

• भवन्ति: they become, they come to be
• भवन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु; भ्वादि)

• ऊमाः: helpers/attendants (ritual assistants; ‘Ūmāḥ’)
• ऊमाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊमा- (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वादोः: of the sweet (one/thing)
• स्वादोः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: स्वादु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वादीयः: sweeter
• स्वादीयः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (comparative)
• Root: स्वादु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वादुना: with sweetness; by what is sweet
• स्वादुना: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (instrumental)
• Root: स्वादु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सृज: release, pour forth, create
• सृज: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु; तुदादि/भ्वादि परम्परा)

• समदः: intoxication/rapture (soma-joy)
• समदः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: समद- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सु: well, very
• सु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• मधु: honey, sweetness; mead
• मधु: Karma (as object of ‘yodhīḥ’/‘mix’ sense) / or predicate
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुना: with honey/sweetness
• मधुना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, over, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• योधीः: fight; (ritually) join/mix, yoke together
• योधीः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (धातु; दिवादि) / (RV usage also ‘mix, join, yoke’ in some contexts)