Rig Veda 10.98.11: Mandala 10, Sukta 98, Mantra 11

Sukta 10.98

Rishi: Devāpi Ārṣṭiṣeṇa (with Ārṣṭiṣeṇa/Devāpi figures prominent in the hymn’s narrative)

Devata: Agni (as mediator) with Indra as recipient of the bhāga

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 10.98; verse length and cadence typical)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एतान्यग्ने नवतिं सहस्रा सं प्र यच्छ वृष्ण इन्द्राय भागम् । विद्वान्पथ ऋतुशो देवयानानप्यौलानं दिवि देवेषु धेहि ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.98.11

Transliteration

etā́ny agne navatíṃ sahásrā sáṃ prá yaccha vṛ́ṣṇe índrāya bhāgám | vidvā́n pathá ṛtuśó devayā́nān ápy aulā́naṃ diví devéṣu dhehi ||

Translation

โอ อัคนี พลังเหล่านี้—เก้าหมื่น—ขอท่านจงรวบรวมแล้วมอบส่งไป เป็นส่วนอันชอบธรรมแก่พระอินทระผู้ทรงพลัง ท่านผู้รู้หนทางที่ดำเนินตามฤดูกาล หนทางอันมุ่งสู่เทพทั้งหลาย ขอท่านจงวางเครื่องบูชาของเราไว้ในสวรรค์ท่ามกลางเหล่าเทพ—ให้ตั้งมั่นในโลกอันสว่างไสว

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Word by Word

• एतानि: these (things)
• एतानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: (Sambodhana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• नवतिम्: ninety
• नवतिम्: Karma
• Type: Numeral
• Root: नवति (saṅkhyā-prātipadika)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (prātipadika)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (upasarga/avyaya)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga/avyaya)

• यच्छ: give, bestow
• यच्छ: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु) + सम्/प्र (upasarga)

• वृष्णे: to the mighty one
• वृष्णे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वृषन् (prātipadika)

• इन्द्राय: to Indra
• इन्द्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• भागम्: share, portion
• भागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (prātipadika)

• विद्वान्: knowing, wise
• विद्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; from √विद् ‘know’)

• पथः: paths
• पथः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्/पथ (prātipadika)

• ऋतुशः: season by season; in due order
• ऋतुशः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋतु + शस् (avyayībhāva/avyaya)

• देवयानान्: the godward (paths/ways)
• देवयानान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: देवयान (prātipadika; ‘god-going, leading to the gods’)

• अपि: also; moreover
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (avyaya)

• औलानम्: Aulāna (name/epithet)
• औलानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: औलान (prātipadika; epithet/name, Vedic)

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (prātipadika)

• देवेषु: among the gods
• देवेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (prātipadika)

• धेहि: place; establish
• धेहि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)