Rig Veda 10.16.2 - Mandala 10, Sukta 16, Mantra 2

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Rig Veda 10.16.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 16, Mantra 2

Sukta 10.16

Rishi: RV 10.16 funerary seer (traditional attribution variable).

Devata: Agni Jātavedas; Pitṛs; gods as guiding powers.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शृतं यदा करसि जातवेदोऽथेमेनं परि दत्तात्पितृभ्यः । यदा गच्छात्यसुनीतिमेतामथा देवानां वशनीर्भवाति ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.16.2

Transliteration

śṛtáṃ yadā́ kárasi jā́tavedo áthem enaṃ pári dattāt pitṛ́bhyaḥ | yadā́ gácchāty ásunītim etā́m áthā devā́nāṃ vaśanī́r bhavāti ||

Translation

اے جات ویداس، جب تو اسے تیاری تک پکا دے، پھر اسے پدران کی حفاظت میں پوری طرح سونپ دے۔ جب وہ زندگی کے سانس کی اس رہنمائی پر چلتا ہے، تب وہ دیوتاؤں کی ہم آہنگ مرضی کے مطابق رہنمائی پانے والا بن جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

श्रुतम्heard-of; well-known; duly heard/accepted

यदाwhen

करसिyou do/make

जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni)

अथthen

एनम्this one; him

परिaround; all about

दत्तात्let him give/hand over

पितृभ्यःto the Fathers (ancestors)

यदाwhen

गच्छातिhe goes; departs

असुनीतिम्the leading of the life-breath; the path/conduct of the vital spirit

एताम्this (f.)

अथthen

देवानाम्of the gods

वशनीःobedient; compliant; under control

भवातिbecomes

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