Rig Veda 3.38.4: Mandala 3, Sukta 38, Mantra 4
Sukta 3.38
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Indra (with ‘Asura’ as epithet of lordly power; the hymn’s Indra frame continues)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आतिष्ठन्तं परि विश्वे अभूषञ्छ्रियो वसानश्चरति स्वरोचिः । महत्तद्वृष्णो असुरस्य नामा विश्वरूपो अमृतानि तस्थौ ॥
Transliteration
ā́tiṣṭhantaṁ pári víśve abhūṣañ chríyo vásānaś carati svár-ociḥ | mahát tád vṛ́ṣṇo ásurasya nā́mā víśva-rūpo amṛ́tāni tasthau ||
Translation
উঠি-উঠা তেঁওক চাৰিওফালে সকলো শক্তিয়ে অলংকৃত কৰে; শ্ৰীৰে বস্ত্ৰধাৰী হৈ তেঁও চলি থাকে—স্বয়ং-প্ৰভ। মহাবলীয় অসুৰৰ সেই নাম মহৎ; বিশ্বৰূপ তেঁও অমৃতত্বসমূহত সুপ্ৰতিষ্ঠিত হৈ আছে।
Word by Word
आतिष्ठन्तम्(him) mounting / standing up / ascending
आतिष्ठन्तम्:
Karma (object of अभूषन्)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootआ-स्था (√स्था)
परिaround
परि:
Adhikaraṇa (circumstantial: ‘around’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि
विश्वेall (the gods/men)
विश्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व
अभूषन्they adorned / they decked
अभूषन्:
Kriyā (main verb); governs कर्म ‘आतिष्ठन्तम्’
TypeVerb
Rootभूष्
श्रियःsplendours, glories
श्रियः:
Kartā (of चरति) / or appositional subject with स्वरोचिः
TypeNoun
Rootश्री
वसानःwearing, clothed (in)
वसानः:
Kartā (of चरति) (same referent as स्वरोचिः)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootवस् (√वस् ‘to clothe’)
चरतिmoves, goes about
चरति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
स्वरोचिःself-radiant, shining by itself
स्वरोचिः:
Kartā (of चरति)
TypeNoun/Adjective (bahuvrīhi-like epithet)
Rootस्व-रोचि (रोचि from √रुच्)
महत्great
महत्:
Karma/Predicative complement (with implied ‘is/was’)
TypeAdjective (used predicatively)
Rootमहत्
तत्that
तत्:
Karma/Predicative subject (with महत्)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
वृष्णःof the bull (mighty one)
वृष्णः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषन्
असुरस्यof the Asura (lord)
असुरस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर
नामname
नाम:
Karma/Predicative complement (with महत् तत्)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्
विश्व-रूपःall-formed, of all shapes
विश्व-रूपः:
Kartā (of तस्थौ)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootविश्व + रूप
अमृतानिimmortal things, immortal (ordinances/powers)
अमृतानि:
Karma (object with तस्थौ in sense ‘established/placed’)
TypeNoun/Adjective (substantivized)
Rootअमृत
तस्थौstood; was established; took his stand
तस्थौ:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (√स्था)
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