Rig Veda 1.68.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 68, Mantra 7
Sukta 1.68
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (traditional attribution for RV 1.68)
Devata: Agni (Hotṛ aspect)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
होता निषत्तो मनोरपत्ये स चिन्न्वासां पती रयीणाम् ॥
Transliteration
hótā níṣatto mánoḥ ápatye sá cín nv āsā́m pátī rayīṇā́m |
Translation
The Hotṛ, seated within the offspring of Manu, becomes indeed the lord of those riches—master of the inner plenitudes in the human lineage.
Word by Word
होताthe Hotṛ-priest (invoker)
होता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘यज्/आह्वान’ से कर्तृ-नाम)
निषत्तःseated, having sat down
निषत्तः:
कर्तृ (होता का विशेषण)
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootनि-√सद् (धातु) → निषन्न/निषत्त (कृदन्त)
मनोर्of Manu
मनोर्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootमनु (प्रातिपदिक)
अपत्येin/among the offspring (descendants)
अपत्ये:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootअपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चित्indeed, even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
नुnow, then
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
आसाम्of these (women/these ones)
आसाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पतिःlord, master
पतिः:
कर्तृ (सः का विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
रयीणाम्of riches, of wealth
रयीणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootरयि (प्रातिपदिक)
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