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Rig Veda 10.5.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 5, Mantra 7

Sukta 10.5

Rishi: Dīrghatamas Āucathya (traditional for RV 10.5)
Devata: Agni (with cosmogonic framing through Aditi and Dakṣa)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable for RV 10.5; many verses are Jagatī in indices)

असच्च सच्च परमे व्योमन्दक्षस्य जन्मन्नदितेरुपस्थे । अग्निर्ह नः प्रथमजा ऋतस्य पूर्व आयुनि वृषभश्च धेनुः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.5.7

ásac ca sác ca paramé vyòman dákṣasya jánmann áditeḥ upásthe | agnír ha naḥ prathamajā́ ṛtásya pū́rva ā́yuni vṛṣabháś ca dhenúḥ ||

نہ ہونا اور ہونا سب سے بلند آسمان میں ایک ساتھ ہیں، دکش کے جنم میں، ادتی کی وسیع گود میں۔ وہاں اگنی ہمارے لیے سچے نظام کا پہلا پیدا ہوا ہے، زندگی میں قدیم، ایک ساتھ بیل کی قوت اور دولت کی گائے۔

असत्non-being, the unreal
असत्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअसत् (प्रातिपदिक; a-सत्)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
सत्being, the real
सत्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसत् (प्रातिपदिक; सत् < √अस्)
परमेin the highest
परमे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
व्योमन्in the sky/firmament
व्योमन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootव्योमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
दक्षस्यof Dakṣa / of skill, of the Ordainer
दक्षस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
जन्मन्birth, origin
जन्मन्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; < √जन्)
अदितेःof Aditi
अदितेः:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
उपस्थेin the lap, in the bosom
उपस्थे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निःAgni (Fire-god)
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
हindeed, surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
नःof us, our
नः:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
प्रथमजाfirst-born
प्रथमजा:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथमज (प्रातिपदिक; प्रथम + ज < √जन्)
ऋतस्यof Ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
ऋतस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वेin the former/earlier
पूर्वे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
आयुनिin (the) life/age
आयुनि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootआयु (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषभःbull (as a potent male)
वृषभः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
धेनुःcow (milch-cow)
धेनुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु (प्रातिपदिक)

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