Rig Veda 10.56.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 56, Mantra 6

Sukta 10.56

Devata: Asura as svaḥ-vid (lordly life-power that finds heaven); with Sons and Fathers as cosmic agencies

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

द्विधा सूनवोऽसुरं स्वर्विदमास्थापयन्त तृतीयेन कर्मणा । स्वां प्रजां पितरः पित्र्यं सह आवरेष्वदधुस्तन्तुमाततम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.56.6

Transliteration

dvídhā sū́navo ásuraṃ svaḥ-vidám ā́sthāpayanta tṛtī́yena kármaṇā | svā́ṃ prajā́ṃ pitáraḥ pitryáṃ sáha ā́váreṣv adadhus tántum ā́tatam ||

Translation

เหล่าบุตรทั้งหลายตั้งมั่นอสุระ (Asura) ผู้ค้นพบสวรรค์ ด้วยสองวิถี และด้วยการงานประการที่สาม. เหล่าบิดร (Pitṛ) วางวงศ์วานของตน—พลังสืบสายบรรพชน—ไว้ในแดนเบื้องล่าง พร้อมทั้งวางเส้นด้าย (tántu) ที่ขึงยืดออกแล้ว.

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• द्विधा: in two ways; twofold
• द्विधा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + धा (अव्ययीभाव) → द्विधा

• सूनवः: sons
• सूनवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• असुरम्: the Asura (lordly being)
• असुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वर्विदम्: finder/knower of heaven (light)
• स्वर्विदम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर् + विद् (√विद् ‘to know/find’) → स्वर्विद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आस्थापयन्त: they set up; they established
• आस्थापयन्त: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √स्था (तिष्ठति) + णिच् (causative) → आस्थापयति

• तृतीयेन: by/with the third
• तृतीयेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• कर्मणा: by an act; by a deed/rite
• कर्मणा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वाम्: their own
• स्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रजाम्: offspring; progeny
• प्रजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितरः: the Fathers (ancestors)
• पितरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पित्र्यम्: paternal; ancestral
• पित्र्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ + य (तद्धित) → पित्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together; along with
• सह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• आवरेषु: in the lower/enclosing regions
• आवरेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘enclosure/covering, lower region’)

• अदधुः: they placed; they set
• अदधुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (दधाति)

• तन्तुम्: thread; line
• तन्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)

• आततम्: stretched out; extended
• आततम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + √तन् (तनॊति) → आतत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; PPP)