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Rig Veda 10.56.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 56, Mantra 7

Sukta 10.56

Devata: Bṛhaduktha (a vast uttering power; possibly a title for a deity/Agni/Indra-like force—uncertain from excerpt)
Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नावा न क्षोदः प्रदिशः पृथिव्याः स्वस्तिभिरति दुर्गाणि विश्वा । स्वां प्रजां बृहदुक्थो महित्वावरेष्वदधादा परेषु ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.56.7
Transliteration

nā́vā ná kṣódaḥ pradíśaḥ pṛthivyā́ḥ svastíbhir áti durgā́ṇi víśvā | svā́ṃ prajā́ṃ bṛhád-uktho mahitvā́váreṣv adadhād ā́ paréṣu ||

Translation

كما تعبر السفينةُ جهاتِ الأرضِ الضاغطة، فبِقُوى السَّوَسْتي (البركة والسلامة) اعبروا ما وراءَ كلِّ الممرّاتِ العسيرة. ذاك المُنشَدُ له بالنشيدِ الواسع، في عظمته، أقامَ نسلَهُ الخاصَّ في العوالمِ السفلى وكذلك في العوالمِ العُليا.

Word by Word
नावाa ship, boat (as a simile)
नावा:
उपमान (तुलना) / अव्यक्त-कर्तृसदृश
TypeNoun
Rootनौ (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *néh₂us
नnot / like (in correlative simile with नावा)
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
क्षोदःa crusher; (here) a pounding force / breaker
क्षोदः:
उपमान (तुलना)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षोद (प्रातिपदिक) < √क्षुद् ‘to crush, pound’
प्रदिशःthe regions, directions
प्रदिशः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootप्रदिश् (प्रातिपदिक) < प्र-√दिश् ‘to point out, direct’
पृथिव्याःof the earth
पृथिव्याः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वस्तिभिःwith well-beings, with blessings
स्वस्तिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootस्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
अतिacross, beyond
अति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
दुर्गाणिdifficult passages, dangers
दुर्गाणि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) < दुर्-गम् ‘hard to go’
विश्वाall
विश्वा:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वाम्one’s own
स्वाम्:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रजाम्offspring, progeny
प्रजाम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा (प्रातिपदिक) < प्र-√जन् ‘to beget’
बृहदुक्थःhe of the lofty hymn; the great-praised one
बृहदुक्थः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootबृहत् + उक्त्थ (समास; प्रातिपदिक) < √वच्/उच् ‘to speak’ (उक्त्थ = hymn)
महित्वाby greatness, through majesty
महित्वा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमहित्व (प्रातिपदिक) < महत् ‘great’
अवरेषुamong the lower (ones/places)
अवरेषु:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअवर (प्रातिपदिक)
अदधात्he placed, he set
अदधात्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√धा (दधाति) ‘to place, set’
आunto, fully, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
परेषुamong the higher (ones/places)
परेषु:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
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