Rig Veda 7.99.3: Mandala 7, Sukta 99, Mantra 3
Sukta 7.99
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for Maṇḍala 7)
Devata: Viṣṇu (with cosmological support imagery)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इरावती धेनुमती हि भूतं सूयवसिनी मनुषे दशस्या । व्यस्तभ्ना रोदसी विष्णवेते दाधर्थ पृथिवीमभितो मयूखैः ॥
Transliteration
īrā́vatī dhenúmatī hí bhūtáṃ sūyavasínī mánuṣe daśasyā́ | vy àstabhnā rodasī víṣṇav ete dā́dhartha pṛthivīm abhíto mayū́khaiḥ ||
Translation
ممتلئةً بالفيض الجاري، غنيةً بقوة الإدرار، حاملةً مرعىً طيبًا، قد صارت للإنسان أمرًا يُخدَم ويُرعى. هذين العالَمَين قد أسندتَهما متباعدين لِفِشنو؛ وثبّتَّ الأرض من كل جانب بأشعةٍ من نور.
Word by Word
इरा॑वतीfood-/nourishment-rich
इरा॑वती:
Kartā (समुच्चित-कर्ता; धेनुमती सह)
TypeAdjective (f.)
Rootइरावत् (प्रातिपदिक; इरा ‘अन्न/पोषण’ + -वत्)
धेनु॒मती॒abounding in cows/milk
धेनु॒मती॒:
Kartā (समुच्चित-कर्ता)
TypeAdjective (f.)
Rootधेनुमत् (प्रातिपदिक; धेनु ‘दुग्धधेनु’ + -मत्)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
भूतम्has become; is (come to be)
भूतम्:
— (विधेय/प्रेडिकेटिव)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootभू (धातु) → भूत (कृदन्त, भूत-)
सू॑यव॒सिनी॒rich in good pasture
सू॑यव॒सिनी॒:
Kartā (समुच्चित-कर्ता)
TypeAdjective (f.)
Rootसूयवसिन् (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + यवस ‘घास/चारा’)
मनु॑षेfor man/mankind
मनु॑षे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
दश॒स्याworthy of worship/service
दश॒स्या:
— (विधेय)
TypeAdjective (predicative)
Rootदशस्य (धातु √दशस्/दश् ‘पूज्/सेव्’ से; ‘दशस्य’ = ‘पूज्य/पूजनीय’)
व्य॑स्तभ्नाःyou propped apart; you upheld
व्य॑स्तभ्नाः:
Kartā (अन्तर्निहित ‘त्वम्’ = विष्णोः)
TypeVerb
Root√स्तभ् (स्तम्भने) + वि-
रोद॑सीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोद॑सी:
Karma
TypeNoun (dual)
Rootरोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; द्यावा-पृथिव्यौ)
विष्णवे॒तेfor Viṣṇu—these (deeds)
विष्णवे॒ते:
Sampradāna (विष्णवे); ‘एते’ = अनुवाद/निर्देश
TypeNoun + Pronoun (enclitic)
Rootविष्णु (देवनाम) + इते/इता (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक का रूप; ‘एते’ = ‘these’/‘thus’—वैदिक प्रयोग)
दा॒धर्थ॑you have held/placed firmly
दा॒धर्थ॑:
Kartā (अन्तर्निहित ‘त्वम्’ = विष्णोः)
TypeVerb
Root√धृ (धारणे) → दाधर्थ (परिपूर्ण/परफेक्ट-रूप)
पृथि॒वीम्the earth
पृथि॒वीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
अ॒भितः॑around, on all sides
अ॒भितः॑:
Adhikaraṇa (परिसर/परितः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभितः
म॒यूखै॑ःwith rays/beams
म॒यूखै॑ः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमयूख (प्रातिपदिक)
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