Rig Veda 3.29.11: Mandala 3, Sukta 29, Mantra 11
Sukta 3.29
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional)
Devata: Agni (in forms Tanūnapāt / Narāśaṃsa; with Mātariśvan as associated power)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तनूनपादुच्यते गर्भ आसुरो नराशंसो भवति यद्विजायते । मातरिश्वा यदमिमीत मातरि वातस्य सर्गो अभवत्सरीमणि ॥
Transliteration
tanūnápād ucyate gárbha āsuró narāśáṃso bhavati yád vijā́yate | mātáriśvā yád amímīta mātári vā́tasya sárgo abhavat sarī́maṇi ||
Translation
وہ تنونپات کہلاتا ہے، روشنی کی طاقت کا بچہ؛ جب وہ پیدا ہوتا ہے تو نراشنس بن جاتا ہے۔ اور جب ماتریشون نے اسے ماں میں ناپا، تب ہوا کا بہاؤ بہتی راہ پر وجود میں آیا۔
Word by Word
तनूनपात्Tanūnapāt (a divine epithet, esp. of Agni)
तनूनपात्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootतनूनपात् (प्रातिपदिक; तन् + नपात्)
उच्यतेis called / is said
उच्यते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
गर्भःembryo; hidden one
गर्भः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्ध-वाक्ये) / विधेय-नाम
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
आसुरःasuric; belonging to the Asura
आसुरः:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootआसुर (प्रातिपदिक; असुर-सम्बन्धी)
नराशंसःNarāśaṃsa (praise of men; a divine epithet)
नराशंसः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootनराशंस (प्रातिपदिक)
भवतिbecomes / is
भवति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
यत्when; that which
यत्:
अधिकरण/सम्बन्ध (यदा-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विजायतेis born forth; comes to birth
विजायते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु) + वि- (उपसर्ग)
मातरिश्वाMātariśvan (a divine being; often the bringer of fire)
मातरिश्वा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootमातरिश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्what; which
यत्:
कर्म (अमीमीत इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अमीमीतmeasured out; apportioned
अमीमीत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootमा (धातु; मिमीते/मिमीत ‘to measure’)
मातरिin the mother
मातरि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
वातस्यof the wind
वातस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्गःrush; emission; impulse
सर्गः:
कर्तृ / विधेय-नाम
TypeNoun
Rootसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक; √सृज्-सम्बन्ध)
अभवत्came to be; arose
अभवत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु) + अभि- (उपसर्ग)
सरीमणिin the course/track of flowing; in the stream (of motion)
सरीमणि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun (locative adverbial)
Rootसरीमन्/सरीम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘running/flowing’ इत्यर्थे) + इ (सप्तमी-एकवचन)
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