Rig Veda 10.129.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 129, Mantra 7
Sukta 10.129
Rishi: Prajāpati Parameṣṭhin
Devata: Adhyakṣa in parame vyoman (supreme witness); ultimately the ineffable origin
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इयं विसृष्टिर्यत आबभूव यदि वा दधे यदि वा न । यो अस्याध्यक्षः परमे व्योमन्त्सो अङ्ग वेद यदि वा न वेद ॥
Transliteration
iyáṃ vísṛṣṭir yáta ābabhū́va yádi vā dadhé yádi vā ná | yó asyā́dhyakṣaḥ paramé vyòman t só aṅgá veda yádi vā ná veda ||
Translation
This creation—from where it arose—whether it was upheld, or whether it was not: the overseer of it in the highest heaven, he surely knows… or perhaps even he does not know.
Word by Word
इयम्this (she/this creation)
इयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विसृष्टिःcreation, emanation
विसृष्टिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविसृष्टि- (वि + √सृज् ‘to release/create’ → स्त्री-भाववाचक)
यतःfrom which, whence
यतः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयतस् (यद्-सम्बन्ध-अव्यय)
आबभूवcame into being, arose
आबभूव:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति) with preverb आ-; reduplicated perfect stem
यदिif
यदि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
दधेhe placed/established (it)
दधे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√धा (to place/establish)
यदिif
यदि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof this (world/creation)
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अध्यक्षःoverseer, superintendent
अध्यक्षः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअध्यक्ष- (अधि + अक्ष ‘eye’ → ‘overseer’)
परमेin the highest
परमे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम-
व्योमन्in the heaven/space
व्योमन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootव्योमन्-
तत्that (fact/it)
तत्:
Karma (object of वेद) / anaphoric ‘that’
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अङ्गindeed, surely
अङ्ग:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअङ्ग
वेदknows
वेद:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (to know)
यदिif
यदि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
वेदknows
वेद:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (to know)
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