Rig Veda 10.74.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 74, Mantra 2

Sukta 10.74

Devata: Collective Devas/Vasus; Asura as lordly power operative among them

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

हव एषामसुरो नक्षत द्यां श्रवस्यता मनसा निंसत क्षाम् । चक्षाणा यत्र सुविताय देवा द्यौर्न वारेभिः कृणवन्त स्वैः ॥

Transliteration

háva eṣām ásuro nakṣata dyā́ṃ śravasyatā́ mánasā niṃsata kṣā́m | cákṣāṇā yátra suvitā́ya devā́ dyáur na vārébhiḥ kṛṇávanta sváiḥ ||

Translation

The call of these powers reaches the Heaven; with a mind that seeks the true hearing they touch and shape the Earth. Seeing the path of right going, the gods there establish their own wideness, as Heaven is built by its proper supports.

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Word by Word

• हवः: the call / invocation
• हवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: हवस् (प्रातिपदिक) < √हू (आह्वाने)

• एषाम्: of these
• एषाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• असुरः: the Asura (lordly being)
• असुरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• नक्षत्: reached / attained
• नक्षत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नक्ष् (व्याप्तौ/प्रापणे; वैदिक)

• द्याम्: heaven, the sky
• द्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रवस्यता: with desire for fame / seeking glory
• श्रवस्यता: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रवस्यत् (प्रातिपदिक; desiderative/possessive adj. from श्रवस्)

• मनसा: with (his) mind
• मनसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• निंसत्: pressed down / smote
• निंसत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √निस्/निंस् (हिंसायाम्/निन्दायाम्; वैदिक)

• क्षाम्: the earth / ground
• क्षाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षाम् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षाणा: seeing / beholding
• चक्षाणा: Kartā (participial, agreeing with subject)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √चक्ष् (दर्शने) → चक्षाण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)

• सुविताय: for good passage / good fortune
• सुविताय: Sampradāna (purpose/benefit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवित (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यौः: heaven (the sky)
• द्यौः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like
• न: (संबन्ध/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• वारेभिः: with coverings / protections (lit. screens, enclosures)
• वारेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणवन्त: they made / fashioned
• कृणवन्त: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे) → कृणवत् (वैदिक-प्रयोग)

• स्वैः: with their own
• स्वैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)