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Rig Veda 2.27.4: Mandala 2, Sukta 27, Mantra 4

Sukta 2.27

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Āṅgirasa)
Devata: Ādityas
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

धारयन्त आदित्यासो जगत्स्था देवा विश्वस्य भुवनस्य गोपाः । दीर्घाधियो रक्षमाणा असुर्यमृतावानश्चयमाना ऋणानि ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 2.27.4
Transliteration

dhāráyanta ādityā́so jágat-sthā́ devā́ víśvasya bhúvanasya gopā́ḥ | dīrghā́-dhiyo rákṣamāṇā asuryàm ṛtá-vānaś cáyamānā ṛṇā́ni ||

Translation

আদিত্যসকলে চলমান জগতক ধৰি ৰাখে—দেৱতা, সমগ্ৰ ভুবনৰ ৰক্ষক। দীঘল-প্ৰসাৰিত ধ্যানৰে তেওঁলোকে অসুৰ্য (দেৱ-শক্তি) ৰক্ষা কৰে; ঋতবান হৈ, ঋণসমূহ সংগ্ৰহ কৰি সঠিক কৰে—অসাম্য য’ত আছিল তাত সমতা পুনঃস্থাপন কৰে।

Word by Word
धारयन्तःbearing, upholding
धारयन्तः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb (present participle)
Root√धृ (धारणे)
आदित्याःthe Ādityas
आदित्याः:
कर्तृ (धारयन्तः इत्यस्य विशेष्यः)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिकम्)
जगत्स्थाःstanding in/established in the moving world
जगत्स्थाः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootजगत् + स्थ (प्रातिपदिकम्; बहुव्रीहिः/तत्पुरुषसमासः)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धेन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिकम्)
विश्वस्यof all, of the whole
विश्वस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिकम्)
भुवनस्यof the world/creaturely realm
भुवनस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिकम्; √भू + यु/अन)
गोपाःguardians, protectors
गोपाः:
कर्तृ (आदित्याः/देवाः इत्यस्य विधेयम्)
TypeNoun
Rootगोपा (प्रातिपदिकम्; गो + √पा ‘पालने’)
दीर्घाधियःof far-reaching thought, long-minded
दीर्घाधियः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective/Noun (bahuvrīhi/compound adjective)
Rootदीर्घ + धि (प्रातिपदिकम्; समासः)
रक्ष्यमाणाःbeing protected / guarding (in the sense ‘keeping safe’)
रक्ष्यमाणाः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (आत्मनः/लोकस्य रक्षण-भावः)
TypeVerb (passive present participle)
Root√रक्ष् (रक्षणे)
असुर्यम्the asuric power/force (mysterious might)
असुर्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअसुर्य (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘असुर-सम्बन्धि/असुर-तेजस्’)
ऋतावानःpossessing ṛta (cosmic order), righteous
ऋतावानः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootऋतावन् (प्रातिपदिकम्; ऋत + वन्)
चयमानाःgathering, collecting
चयमानाः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb (middle present participle)
Root√चि (चयने/सञ्चयने)
ऋणानिdebts, obligations
ऋणानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootऋण (प्रातिपदिकम्)
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