Rig Veda 8.7.22: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 22
Sukta 8.7
Rishi: Kāṇva
Devata: Maruts with Indraic power (vajra motif; collective 'they' assembling cosmic supports)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; not fully verifiable from excerpt alone)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
समु त्ये महतीरपः सं क्षोणी समु सूर्यम् । सं वज्रं पर्वशो दधुः ॥
Transliteration
sám u tyé mahatī́r apáḥ sám kṣóṇī́ sám u sū́ryam | sám vájraṃ parváśo dadhúḥ ||
Translation
معًا ألّفوا المياهَ العظيمة في انسجام؛ ومعًا الأرض؛ ومعًا سُوريا؛ ومعًا وضعوا الفَجْرَة (vajra) عضوًا عضوًا—جامعين القوى لفعلٍ واحدٍ للحقّ.
Word by Word
सम्together, wholly
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग) अव्यय
उindeed, just
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
त्येthose (they)
त्ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
महतीःgreat
महतीः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
अपःwaters
अपः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअप्/आप् (नदी/जल) प्रातिपदिक
सम्together
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग) अव्यय
क्षोणीthe earth, ground
क्षोणी:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्षोणी (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग) अव्यय
सूर्यम्the sun
सूर्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग) अव्यय
वज्रम्the thunderbolt
वज्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पर्वशःjoint by joint; in sections
पर्वशः:
Adverbial (रीति/विभाग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक) + शस् (अव्ययीभाव/तद्धित-अव्यय)
दधुःthey placed, they set
दधुः:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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