Rig Veda 3.62.18: Mandala 3, Sukta 62, Mantra 18

Sukta 3.62

Rishi: Traditional: Jamadagni is explicitly named as praising; overall sukta attributed to Viśvāmitra; this verse preserves a Jamadagni-linked refrain/association

Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (dual imperatives; epithet ṛtāvṛdhā aligns strongly)

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

गृणाना जमदग्निना योनावृतस्य सीदतम् । पातं सोममृतावृधा ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 3.62.18

Transliteration

gṛṇānā́ jamád-agninā yónāv ṛtásya sīdatam | pā́taṃ sómam ṛtāvṛdhā ||

Translation

เมื่อชามทัคคนี (Jamadagni) สรรเสริญแล้ว จงประทับในครรภ์แห่งฤตะ (Ṛta); จงดื่มโสมะ (Soma) เถิด โอ้ผู้เพิ่มพูนสัจจะ-ระเบียบเถิด.

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Word by Word

• गृणाना: praising, chanting (hymns)
• गृणाना: Kartā (सीदतम् इत्यस्य) / सहकारक-विशेषणम्
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: गृ (स्तुति-शब्दे) → गृण्/गृण (प्रातिपदिक-आधारः) ; कृदन्त-रूपम्

• जमदग्निना: with Jamadagni (the seer)
• जमदग्निना: Karaṇa / सह (instrumental: ‘with/through Jamadagni’)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: जमदग्नि (ऋषिनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्)

• योनौ: in the womb; in the seat/origin
• योनौ: Adhikaraṇa (स्थान/आश्रयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive qualifier of योनौ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• सीदतम्: sit down, take your seat (you two)
• सीदतम्: (मुख्य क्रिया) — कर्तृ-आह्वानम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (उपवेशने/आसने)

• पातम्: drink (you two)
• पातम्: (मुख्य क्रिया) — कर्तृ-आह्वानम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पाने/रक्षणे) — अत्र ‘पाने’

• सोमम्: Soma (the pressed ritual drink)
• सोमम्: Karma (पातम् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• ऋतावृधा: O you two who grow/are strengthened by ṛta
• ऋतावृधा: सम्बोधन (आह्वान-विशेषणम्) / कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: ऋतावृध (प्रातिपदिकम्; ऋत + आवृध ‘increasing by/through ṛta’)