Rig Veda 10.131.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 131, Mantra 2

Sukta 10.131

Rishi: Unknown (RV 10.131)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (needs full hymn scan for certainty)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

कुविदङ्ग यवमन्तो यवं चिद्यथा दान्त्यनुपूर्वं वियूय । इहेहैषां कृणुहि भोजनानि ये बर्हिषो नमोवृक्तिं न जग्मुः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.131.2

Transliteration

kuvíd áṅga yáva-manto yávaṃ cid yáthā dā́nty anupūrváṃ víyūya | ihéhaiṣāṃ kṛṇuhi bhójanāni yé bárhiṣo námo-vṛktiṃ ná jagmúḥ ||

Translation

Perhaps indeed, O Indra, even those rich in grain are made to yield up their grain in due sequence. Here and here make for them their ‘foodings’—for those who have not reached the cutting of reverence upon the sacred grass.

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Word by Word

• कुवित्: perhaps? whether?
• कुवित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कु + वित् (अव्ययीभाव; किम्-प्रश्नार्थक) / कुवित् (निपात)

• अङ्ग: indeed, pray
• अङ्ग: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अङ्ग (निपात)

• यवमन्तः: having barley; barley-possessing (ones)
• यवमन्तः: कर्तृ (अन्तर्निहितः/सम्बोधन-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यव- (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त (मतुप्-प्रत्ययः)

• यवम्: barley
• यवम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• दान्ति: they give
• दान्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने) धातु

• अनुपूर्वम्: in due order, successively
• अनुपूर्वम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु + पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) → अव्ययीभाव

• वियूय: having separated, after dividing
• वियूय: —
• Type: Verbal indeclinable (absolutive)
• Root: वि + यु (मिश्रण-वियोगे/युज्-वियोगार्थकः) धातु

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• इह: here (right here)
• इह: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• एषाम्: of these (them)
• एषाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणुहि: make, prepare
• कृणुहि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करणे) धातु

• भोजनानि: meals, provisions
• भोजनानि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन- (प्रातिपदिक; √भुज्/भुज्-सम्बद्धः ‘भोजन’)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: कर्तृ (यः-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• बर्हिषः: of the sacred grass (barhis)
• बर्हिषः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमोवृक्तिम्: the reverent cutting/clearing (i.e., respectful preparation)
• नमोवृक्तिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: नमस्- + वृक्ति- (प्रातिपदिक; √वृज्/वृक् ‘to cut/clear’ → वृक्ति ‘cutting/clearing’)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• जग्मुः: they have gone; they went
• जग्मुः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (गत्यर्थे) धातु