Rig Veda 10.142.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 142, Mantra 2

Sukta 10.142

Devata: Agni (with the 'seven' as his agencies)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रवत्ते अग्ने जनिमा पितूयतः साचीव विश्वा भुवना न्यृञ्जसे । प्र सप्तयः प्र सनिषन्त नो धियः पुरश्चरन्ति पशुपा इव त्मना ॥

Transliteration

právatté agne jánimā pitūyatáḥ sācī́va víśvā bhúvanā ny-ṛ́ñjase | prá saptáyaḥ prá saniṣanta no dhíyaḥ puráś caranti paśupā́ iva tmánā ||

Translation

Hỡi Agni, sự giáng sinh của Ngài tiến về phía trước, tìm đến người Cha; như một bạn đồng hành hùng mạnh, Ngài sắp đặt và chỉnh tề mọi thế giới vào đúng trật tự. Bảy vị tiến lên phía trước; họ tiến lên để giành cho chúng con những tư niệm linh kiến (dhī)—đi trước như những mục tử tự thúc mình, tự thân canh giữ đàn bò bên trong, tức các tia sáng của tri thức.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• वत्ते: turns/advances, proceeds
• वत्ते: Kriyā (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (vṛt) / वर्त् (vart) (to turn, proceed)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• जनिमा: birth, origin
• जनिमा: Karma (object/theme of ‘proceeds/turns’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनि-मा (from √जन् jan ‘be born’)

• पितूयतः: of one seeking the father / father-seeking
• पितूयतः: Śeṣa (genitival relation)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: पितृ (pitṛ) + desiderative/denominative sense ‘seeking the father’ (pitu-yat-)

• साचीव: together, in companionship
• साचीव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साचि (sāci ‘with, alongside; on one side’)

• विश्वा: all
• विश्वा: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (viśva)

• भुवना: worlds, beings, realms
• भुवना: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (bhuvana)

• नि: down, into
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga)

• ऋञ्जसे: you arrange/you set in order
• ऋञ्जसे: Kriyā (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋञ्ज् (ṛñj) ‘to set in order, arrange, direct’

• प्र: forth
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• सप्तयः: the teams (of horses)
• सप्तयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्ति (sapti ‘team, horse-team’)

• प्र: forth
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• सनीषन्त: may they win/obtain
• सनीषन्त: Kriyā (optative wish)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सन् (san) ‘to win, gain’

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary) / Śeṣa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (asmad)

• धियः: insights, prayers, thoughts
• धियः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (dhī)

• पुरः: in front, before
• पुरः: Adhikaraṇa (directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् (puras)

• चरन्ति: they move, they go
• चरन्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (car) ‘to move, go’

• पशुपाः: cattle-guardians, herdsmen
• पशुपाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु-पा (paśu-pā ‘protector of cattle’, from √पा pā ‘protect’)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (particle)

• त्मना: by oneself, with one’s own power
• त्मना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्मन् (tman ‘self, own person/power’)