The Upaniṣads / Kaṭha / 4.8 Between the two fire-sticks
4.8
अरण्योर् निहितो जातवेदा गर्भ इव सुभृतो गर्भिणीभिः ।
दिवे दिवे ईड्यो जागृवद्भिर् हविष्मद्भिर् मनुष्येभिरग्निः ।
एतद् वै तत् araṇyor nihito jātavedā garbha iva subhṛto garbhiṇībhiḥ |
dive dive īḍyo jāgṛvadbhir haviṣmadbhir manuṣyebhir agniḥ |
etad vai tat
The line
The fire who knows creatures, laid in the two kindling-sticks, well carried like an embryo by pregnant women, to be praised day after day by waking men who hold the offering: this, indeed, is that.
नेपालीमा
प्राणी जान्ने अग्नि दुई मथ्ने काठमा राखिएको छ, गर्भिणीहरूले गर्भ राम्ररी बोकेझैँ, आहुति लिएर जागेका मानिसले दिनदिनै प्रशंसा गर्नुपर्ने हो। यही नै त्यो हो।
Where it sits
The fire of the second boon returns as one more name of 'that.'
Split: araṇyoḥ (अरण्योः) + nihitaḥ (निहितः) + jātavedāḥ (जातवेदाः) + garbhaḥ iva (गर्भः इव) + subhṛtaḥ (सुभृतः) + garbhiṇībhiḥ (गर्भिणीभिः) + dive dive (दिवे दिवे) + īḍyaḥ (ईड्यः) + jāgṛvadbhiḥ (जागृवद्भिः) + haviṣmadbhiḥ manuṣyaiḥ (हविष्मद्भिः मनुष्यैः) + agniḥ (अग्निः) + etat vai tat (एतत् वै तत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| araṇyoḥ (अरण्योः) | locative dual | In the two fire-sticks. Heard araṇyor (अरण्योर्). |
| nihitaḥ (निहितः) | nominative | Laid. Heard nihito (निहितो). |
| jātavedāḥ (जातवेदाः) | nominative | Jātavedas (जातवेद), the fire who knows beings. Heard jātavedā (जातवेदा). |
| garbhaḥ iva (गर्भः इव) | like an embryo | Heard garbha iva (गर्भ इव). |
| subhṛtaḥ (सुभृतः) | nominative | Well borne. Heard subhṛto (सुभृतो). |
| garbhiṇībhiḥ (गर्भिणीभिः) | instrumental plural | By pregnant women. |
| dive dive (दिवे दिवे) | day by day | Locative. |
| īḍyaḥ (ईड्यः) | nominative | To be praised. Heard īḍyo (ईड्यो). |
| jāgṛvadbhiḥ (जागृवद्भिः) | instrumental plural | By the waking. Heard jāgṛvadbhir (जागृवद्भिर्). |
| haviṣmadbhiḥ manuṣyaiḥ (हविष्मद्भिः मनुष्यैः) | by men who have the offering | Instrumental. |
| agniḥ (अग्निः) | nominative | Fire. |
| etat vai tat (एतत् वै तत्) | the refrain | This is that. |
The phrases
Fire laid in the two sticks, like an embryo well carried, praised day by day: this is that.
Sanskrit in this line
Araṇyoḥ (अरण्योः) is the locative dual. Dive dive (दिवे दिवे) is the locative repeated.
Say it back
Say where the fire is laid.