Rig Veda 10.176.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 176, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.176
Rishi: Same sukta context (10.176).
Devata: Agni/Hotṛ-function (the divine priestly power), with chariot imagery.
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (verify per edition).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अयमु ष्य प्र देवयुर्होता यज्ञाय नीयते । रथो न योरभीवृतो घृणीवाञ्चेतति त्मना ॥
Transliteration
ayám u ṣyá prá devayúr hótā yajñā́ya nīyate | rátho ná yór abhīvṛ́to ghṛṇī́-vāñ cetati tmánā ||
Translation
ผู้นี้แล—โหตฤ (Hotṛ) ผู้แสวงหาเทพ—ถูกนำหน้าไปเพื่อยัญพิธี. ดุจรถศึกที่ถูกห้อมล้อมคุ้มครองมั่นคงตามทางของตน เขาส่องประกายด้วยไฟแห่งความเพียร และเคลื่อนไปด้วยความตระหนักรู้ภายในของตนเอง เป็นพลังรู้ตัวที่นำพิธีกรรมให้ดำเนินไป.
Word by Word
अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
उindeed / surely
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (nipāta)
ष्यjust / now / verily
ष्य:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootष्य (nipāta; Vedic particle)
प्रforth / forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
देवयुःgod-seeking; devoted to the gods
देवयुः:
Kartā (apposition to अयम्)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootदेवयु (prātipadika; from देव + यु ‘seeking/longing’)
होताthe Hotṛ-priest (invoker)
होता:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (prātipadika; agent noun from √हु ‘to sacrifice/offer’)
यज्ञायfor the sacrifice
यज्ञाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (prātipadika)
नीयतेis led / is conducted
नीयते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√नी (नयति) with passive formation; with preverb implied by context (प्र-)
रथःa chariot
रथः:
Kartā (of implied comparison-clause)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (prātipadika)
नlike / as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (upamā-nipāta)
योर्of/in which two (i.e., between the two)
योर्:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: ‘in/at which two’) / or Sambandha (genitive sense: ‘of which two’)
TypePronoun
Rootयोर् = योर् (gen./loc. dual of relative pronoun य-)
अभीवृतःenclosed / surrounded
अभीवृतः:
Kartā (qualifier of the subject, esp. रथः / or the priest)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootअभि-√वृ (to cover/enclose) → क्त (past passive participle) ‘अभीवृत’
घृणीवान्glowing; ardent; radiant
घृणीवान्:
Kartā (qualifier of the subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootघृणीवत् (prātipadika; possessive in -वत् from घृणी ‘heat, glow, ardor’)
चेततिmoves/acts; becomes manifest
चेतति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√चित् (चेतति ‘perceives/appears/comes to notice’; Vedic usage also ‘moves/acts with awareness’)
त्मनाby himself; with his own self (of himself)
त्मना:
Karaṇa (instrumental: ‘by/with himself; of his own accord’)
TypeNoun (instrumental of manner)
Rootत्मन् (prātipadika; Vedic for आत्मन् ‘self’)
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