Rig Veda 10.181.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 181, Mantra 2

Sukta 10.181

Rishi: Bharadvāja (named in the verse)

Devata: Agni (with Dhātṛ, Savitṛ, Viṣṇu as sources)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (explicitly referenced; verse itself may be in a different meter in some recensions, but the mantra thematizes Anuṣṭubh)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अविन्दन्ते अतिहितं यदासीद्यज्ञस्य धाम परमं गुहा यत् । धातुर्द्युतानात्सवितुश्च विष्णोर्भरद्वाजो बृहदा चक्रे अग्नेः ॥

Transliteration

avíndante áti-hitaṃ yád āsīd yajñásya dhā́ma paramáṃ guhā́ yát | dhā́tur dyutā́nāt savitúś ca víṣṇor bharádvājo bṛhád ā́ cakre agnéḥ ||

Translation

พวกเขาพบสิ่งซึ่งถูกวางไว้ “เลยไป” เมื่อที่ประทับสูงสุดของยัญญะถูกซ่อนไว้ในถ้ำ. จากความส่องประกายของธาตฤ (Dhātṛ), จากสวิตฤ (Savitṛ), และจากวิษณุ (Viṣṇu), ภรทวาชะ (Bharadvāja) ได้ก่อรูป “พฤหัต (Bṛhat) ความไพศาล” เพื่ออัคนี (Agni)—เพื่อให้ไฟลุกโพลงในความกว้างแห่งอาตมัน.

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• अविन्दन्ते: they found / discovered
• अविन्दन्ते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विन्दति) / प्राप्-अर्थे

• अतिहितम्: hidden away, laid beyond (well-concealed)
• अतिहितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: अति-√धा (हित) / प्रातिपदिक: अतिहित-

• यत्: which
• यत्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस्ति)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-

• धाम: abode; seat; ordinance/place
• धाम: Karma (as object of ‘found’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन्-

• परमम्: highest, supreme
• परमम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम-

• गुहा: in the cave; in concealment
• गुहा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (indeclinable-like locative form used adverbially)
• Root: गुहा-

• यत्: which
• यत्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• धातुः: of the establisher/creator
• धातुः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातृ-/धातु- (Vedic: ‘creator/establisher’; also ‘element’ later)

• द्युतानात्: from the shining (splendour)
• द्युतानात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun (action/agent abstract in -āna)
• Root: द्युतान- (from √द्युत् ‘shine’)

• सवितुः: of Savitṛ
• सवितुः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ-

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु-

• भरद्वाजः: Bharadvāja
• भरद्वाजः: Kartā
• Type: Proper Noun (ṛṣi-name)
• Root: भरद्वाज-

• बृहदा: with greatness; mightily
• बृहदा: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (adverbial instrumental)
• Root: बृहद्- (Vedic instr. sg. used adverbially)

• चक्रे: he has made; he fashioned
• चक्रे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति)

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि-