Rig Veda 3.31.2 - Mandala 3, Sukta 31, Mantra 2

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Rig Veda 3.31.2: Mandala 3, Sukta 31, Mantra 2

Sukta 3.31

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (Kauśika) (traditional circle attribution)

Devata: Agni (and generative powers ‘Mothers’)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न जामये तान्वो रिक्थमारैक्चकार गर्भं सनितुर्निधानम् । यदी मातरो जनयन्त वह्निमन्यः कर्ता सुकृतोरन्य ऋन्धन् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 3.31.2

Transliteration

ná jāmáye tā́nvo rিকthám āraik cakā́ra gárbhaṃ sanitúr nidhā́nam | yadī́ mā́taro janáyanta váhnim anyáḥ kartā́ sukŕtōr anyá ṛ́ndhan ||

Translation

Ngài không để thân này làm gia tài cho người đồng tộc; Ngài khiến dạ thai thành kho tàng kín của kẻ đạt thắng lợi. Khi các Bà Mẹ sinh ra ngọn lửa mang chở (vahni), một vị là kẻ tạo tác công việc thiện, vị khác là kẻ nhóm lên và làm cho nó tăng trưởng.

Word by Word

नnot

जामयेto a kinsman / to one of the same stock

तान्वःbodies, persons

रिक्थम्inheritance, patrimony

आरैक्left, abandoned

चकारmade, did

गर्भम्embryo, womb-child

सनितुःof the gaining/winning (one), of acquisition

निधानम्a deposit, placing, store

यदिif, when

मातरःmothers

जनयन्तbeget, generate

वह्निम्Agni / the carrier (fire-priest)

अन्यःanother

कर्ताmaker, doer

सुकृतोःof good deed / of merit

अन्यःanother

ऋन्धन्thriving, prospering; succeeding

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