Rig Veda 10.90.10: Mandala 10, Sukta 90, Mantra 10
Sukta 10.90
Rishi: Nārāyaṇa (traditional later attribution; see note in 10.90.9)
Devata: Puruṣa
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (traditional for the hymn overall)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तस्मादश्वा अजायन्त ये के चोभयादतः । गावो ह जज्ञिरे तस्मात्तस्माज्जाता अजावयः ॥
Transliteration
tasmā́d áśvā ajāyanta yé ké cobhayā́dataḥ | gā́vo ha jajñire tasmā́t tasmā́j jātā́ ajā́vayaḥ ||
Translation
จากนั้นได้บังเกิดม้าทั้งหลาย—พลังแห่งการเคลื่อนไหวที่ไปได้ทั้งสองทาง; จากนั้นได้บังเกิดโคทั้งหลาย—รัศมีแห่งญาณอันสว่างไสว; และจากนั้นอีกได้ออกมาซึ่งแพะและแกะ—พลังแห่งการหล่อเลี้ยงอันหลากหลายและกำลังค้ำจุน ในยัญญะแห่งการบังเกิดเป็น.
Word by Word
तस्मात्from that (therefrom)
तस्मात्:
अपादान
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अश्वाःhorses
अश्वाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अजायन्तwere born / came into being
अजायन्त:
—
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जायते) धातु
येwhich / who
ये:
कर्तृ (अजायन्त इत्यस्य) / विशेष्य-संबन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (संबन्ध-सर्वनाम)
केany (at all)
के:
कर्तृ (ये इत्यस्य सह) / विशेषण
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रश्न/अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
उभयादतःhaving teeth on both sides (upper and lower)
उभयादतः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउभय (प्रातिपदिक) + दत (प्रातिपदिक, ‘दन्त’/‘दत्’ = tooth) → उभयादत्
गावःcows
गावः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
हindeed
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
जज्ञिरेwere born / have been born
जज्ञिरे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√जन् धातु (परस्मैपद-परम्परा; परिपूर्ण/परफेक्ट)
तस्मात्from that
तस्मात्:
अपादान
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तस्मात्from that
तस्मात्:
अपादान
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जाताःborn
जाताः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Root√जन् → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, भूतकृत्/क्त)
अजावयःgoats and sheep
अजावयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअज + अवि (द्वन्द्व/समाहार-समास; प्रातिपदिक)
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.
