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Rig Veda 10.88.6Mandala 10, Sukta 88, Mantra 6

Sukta 10.88

Devata: Agni → Sūrya emergence; associated Apas (Waters)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical verification)

मूर्धा भुवो भवति नक्तमग्निस्ततः सूर्यो जायते प्रातरुद्यन् । मायामू तु यज्ञियानामेतामपो यत्तूर्णिश्चरति प्रजानन् ॥

mūrdhā bhuvo bhavati naktam agnis tataḥ sūryo jāyate prātar udyan | māyām ū tu yajñiyānām etām apo yat tūrṇiś carati pra-jānan ||

Agni becomes the summit of our becoming in the night; from him the Sun is born, rising at dawn. This is indeed the wondrous working of the yajñiya powers: when the Waters swiftly move, knowing the births and bringing them to manifestation.

मूर्धाthe head / summit
मूर्धा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवःof the world / of the earth
भुवः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन/भू (प्रातिपदिक ‘भुवस्/भुवः’ = world/earth/space)
भवतिbecomes / is
भवति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootभू
नक्तम्at night
नक्तम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial noun) / Noun
Rootनक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निःAgni (fire)
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
ततःfrom there / thereafter
ततः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
जायतेis born / arises
जायते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
प्रातर्in the morning
प्रातर्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातर् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
उद्यन्rising
उद्यन्:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootउद् + या (कृदन्त) / √इ (वेदिक ‘उद्यन्’ = rising)
मायाम्magic power / wondrous art
मायाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमाया (प्रातिपदिक)
indeed / surely
:
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Root
तुbut / and then
तु:
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootतु
यज्ञियानाम्of the sacrificial (ones) / of the worship-worthy
यज्ञियानाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeAdjective (substantivized) / Noun
Rootयज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + यत्)
एताम्this (f.)
एताम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अपःthe waters
अपः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when / that which
यत्:
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तूर्णिःthe swift one / swift course
तूर्णिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootतूर्णि (प्रातिपदिक)
चरतिmoves / goes
चरति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
प्रजानन्knowing / discerning
प्रजानन्:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootप्र + ज्ञा (कृदन्त)
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