Rig Veda 10.4.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 4, Mantra 2
Sukta 10.4
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यं त्वा जनासो अभि संचरन्ति गाव उष्णमिव व्रजं यविष्ठ । दूतो देवानामसि मर्त्यानामन्तर्महाँश्चरसि रोचनेन ॥
Transliteration
yám tvā jánāso abhí saṁ-cáranti gā́va uṣṇám iva vrajáṁ yaviṣṭha | dū́to devā́nām asi mártyānām antár mahā́m̐ś cárasi rocanéna ||
Translation
最年轻者啊，众人环绕你而来，如群牛奔向温暖的牛栏——你是诸神之使，为凡人传命；你内蕴广大，行于光明之境，以光辉将诸世界之光带入我们之中。
Word by Word
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जनासःpeople, men
जनासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
उपसर्ग/दिशा
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअभि
संचरन्तिthey move/come together, they approach
संचरन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
गावःcows
गावः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
उष्णम्warm (warmth)
उष्णम्:
विशेषण/उपमान
TypeAdjective (used adverbially/comparatively with इव)
Rootउष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
उपमान
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
व्रजम्enclosure, pen; (also) settlement
व्रजम्:
कर्म/गन्तव्य
TypeNoun
Rootव्रज (प्रातिपदिक)
यविष्ठO youngest/most youthful (Agni)
यविष्ठ:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootयविष्ठ (युवा/यवस्-तुल्यतम-प्रातिपदिक; superlative)
दूतःmessenger
दूतः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य
TypeNoun
Rootदूत (प्रातिपदिक)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
मर्त्यानाम्of mortals
मर्त्यानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तःwithin, in between
अन्तः:
अधिकारण (स्थान/अन्तर)
TypeIndeclinable (adverb/preposition)
Rootअन्तः
महान्great
महान्:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
चरसिyou move, you roam
चरसि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
रोचनेनby/with (your) shining light; with radiance
रोचनेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootरोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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