Rig Veda 10.32.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 32, Mantra 6

Sukta 10.32

Rishi: Unknown/varied traditions for RV 10.32; commonly treated as Indra hymn with late book attributions uncertain

Devata: Agni (with Indra as the knower-guide and a ‘vratapā’ as law-guardian)

Chandas: Jagatī (likely; 12-syllable tendency in 10.32; requires full metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

निधीयमानमपगूळ्हमप्सु प्र मे देवानां व्रतपा उवाच । इन्द्रो विद्वाँ अनु हि त्वा चचक्ष तेनाहमग्ने अनुशिष्ट आगाम् ॥

Transliteration

nidhī́yamānam ápāgūḷham apsú prá me devā́nāṃ vratapā́ uvāca | índro vidvā́n ánu hí tvā cacakṣa ténā́ham agne ánuśiṣṭa ā́gām ||

Translation

When you were being laid down, hidden in the waters, the guardian of the gods’ law spoke to me. Indra the knower has indeed beheld you and followed; by that guidance, O Agni, instructed from within, I have come.

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Word by Word

• निधीयमानम्: being deposited/being placed
• निधीयमानम्: कर्म (that which is being placed/laid)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: नि-धा (धातु √धा) → धीयमान (कृदन्त)

• अपगूळ्हम्: hidden, concealed
• अपगूळ्हम्: कर्म (the hidden one/thing)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: अप-गूह् (धातु √गूह्) → गूळ्ह (कृदन्त)

• अप्सु: in the waters
• अप्सु: अधिकरण (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक: अप्/आपः)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: सम्प्रदान (to/for me) / सम्बन्ध (of me) بحسب प्रयोग
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive: of the gods)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्रतपा: the keeper of the ordinances (vrata-keeper)
• व्रतपा: कर्ता
• Type: Noun (agent/title)
• Root: व्रत-पा (प्रातिपदिक; पा ‘protector/keeper’)

• उवाच: said, spoke
• उवाच: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच्

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• विद्वान्: knowing, wise
• विद्वान्: कर्ता (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √विद् → विद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after, along, in accordance with
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• चचक्ष: has seen, beheld
• चचक्ष: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चक्ष्

• तेन: by that, thereby
• तेन: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्ता
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनुशिष्टः: instructed, directed
• अनुशिष्टः: कर्ता (qualifier: instructed)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: अनु-√शास् → शिष्ट (कृदन्त)

• आगाम्: I came, I approached
• आगाम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम्