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Rig Veda 3.31.12: Mandala 3, Sukta 31, Mantra 12

Sukta 3.31

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional)
Devata: Indra with cosmogonic support imagery (Skambha-like sustaining power)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires verification)

पित्रे चिच्चक्रुः सदनं समस्मै महि त्विषीमत्सुकृतो वि हि ख्यन् । विष्कभ्नन्तः स्कम्भनेना जनित्री आसीना ऊर्ध्वं रभसं वि मिन्वन् ॥

pitré cic cakrúḥ sádanaṃ sám asmai máhi tvíṣīmat sukṛ́to ví hí khyan | viṣkábhṇantaḥ skámbhanenā jánitrī āsī́nā ūrdhváṃ rabhásaṃ ví minvan ||

حتى للأبِ صنعوا مقعدًا، وله أقاموه معًا؛ فكاشفو العملِ الصالح أظهروا العالمَ العظيمَ المضيء. وإذ أسندوه بالدعامة، جلسوا في القدرةِ المُولِّدة، ودفعوا إلى العلوِّ القوّةَ المندفعة، موسِّعين إيّاها.

पि॒त्रेto/for the father
पि॒त्रे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
चित्indeed, even
चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय) अथवा चिद्
चक्रुःthey have made
चक्रुः:
कर्तृ (क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (कर॑णे)
सदनम्a seat, dwelling, abode
सदनम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसदन (√सद् ‘to sit’ से निष्पन्न प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, fully
सम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्
अस्मैfor him
अस्मै:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
महिgreatly, mightily
महि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमहि (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रयोग)
त्विषीमत्splendid, radiant
त्विषीमत्:
कर्म (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्विषीमत् (त्विष् ‘splendour’ + मतुप्)
सुकृतःthe well-doers, the good workers
सुकृतः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसु-कृत (कृ + क्त; ‘well-done’)
विapart, forth
वि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि
हिindeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
ख्यन्they made known, they proclaimed
ख्यन्:
कर्तृ (क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Rootख्या (प्रख्याने)
वि॒ष्क॒भ्नन्तःpropping apart, supporting
वि॒ष्क॒भ्नन्तः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootवि-स्कभ् (स्तम्भने)
स्कम्भनेनwith a prop/support
स्कम्भनेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootस्कम्भन (√स्कभ् ‘to prop’ से करण-नाम)
जनित्रीthe begetter, generating (power)
जनित्री:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootजनित्री (√जन् ‘to beget’ से तृच्)
आसीनाःsitting, seated
आसीनाः:
कर्तृ
TypeParticiple
Rootआसीन (√आस् ‘to sit’ + क्त)
ऊर्ध्वम्upwards, aloft
ऊर्ध्वम्:
TypeAdjective (adverbial use)
Rootऊर्ध्व
रभसम्with force, impetuously
रभसम्:
TypeAdjective (adverbial use)
Rootरभस
विapart, asunder
वि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि
मिन्वन्setting in motion, driving, impelling
मिन्वन्:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootमि/मिन् (प्रेरणे/हिंसागत्योः; वैदिक ‘to set in motion, to drive’)

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