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Rig Veda 2.23.17: Mandala 2, Sukta 23, Mantra 17

Sukta 2.23

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
Devata: Brahmaṇaspati
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

विश्वेभ्यो हि त्वा भुवनेभ्यस्परि त्वष्टाजनत्साम्नःसाम्नः कविः । स ऋणचिदृणया ब्रह्मणस्पतिर्द्रुहो हन्ता मह ऋतस्य धर्तरि ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 2.23.17

víśvebhyo hí tvā bhúvanebhyaḥ párí tváṣṭā́janat sāmnáḥ-sāmnaḥ kavíḥ | sá ṛṇácid ṛṇayā́ brahmaṇáspatir druhó hantā mahá ṛtásya dhártarí ||

من جميع العوالم، مُحيطًا بها كلِّها، صاغكَ تْفَشْتْرِ—حكيمَ الحكماء، وترتيلةً في قلب الترتيل. إنّه بْرِهَسْبَتِي، ربُّ الكلمة؛ يمضي حتى بين المقيَّدين بـ ṛṇa؛ قاتلُ الغدر، الحاملُ العظيم لـ Ṛta، الحقّ الكونيّ الواسع.

विश्वेभ्यःfrom all (beings)
विश्वेभ्यः:
Apādāna (abl.)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
हिfor, indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
भुवनेभ्यःfrom the worlds
भुवनेभ्यः:
Apādāna (abl.)
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्परिapart (from), beyond
अस्परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअस् + परि (निपात-समास/अव्यय)
त्वष्टाTvaṣṭṛ
त्वष्टा:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper/deity)
Rootत्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
अजनत्begot, generated
अजनत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनँ)
साम्नःof the sāman (chant)
साम्नः:
Sambandha (gen.)
TypeNoun
Rootसामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
साम्नःof the sāman
साम्नः:
Sambandha (gen.)
TypeNoun
Rootसामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
कविःthe seer, poet
कविः:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
ऋणचित्even (one) indebted
ऋणचित्:
—
TypeNoun + particle (indeclinable compound)
Rootऋण (प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (निपात)
ऋणयाwith debt, by indebtedness
ऋणया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऋण (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मणस्पतिःBrahmaṇaspati (Lord of prayer)
ब्रह्मणस्पतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (deity)
Rootब्रह्मन् + पति (समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
द्रुहःthe hostile (ones), injurers
द्रुहः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्रुह् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘injury/hostility’, also ‘hostile one’)
हन्ताslayer
हन्ता:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeAgent noun
Root√हन् (हनँ) → हन्तृ (कृदन्त)
महत्greatly; a great (deed)
महत्:
Karma/Adverbial
TypeAdjective
Rootमह्/महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order)
ऋतस्य:
Sambandha (gen.)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
धर्तरिin/at the supporter; as supporter
धर्तरि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (agent) / locative epithet
Root√धृ (धृञ्) → धर्तृ (कृदन्त)

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