Rig Veda 4.13.3: Mandala 4, Sukta 13, Mantra 3
Sukta 4.13
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Sūrya (with his Harits)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यं सीमकृण्वन्तमसे विपृचे ध्रुवक्षेमा अनवस्यन्तो अर्थम् । तं सूर्यं हरितः सप्त यह्वीः स्पशं विश्वस्य जगतो वहन्ति ॥
Transliteration
yáṃ sīm ákṛṇvan támase vipṛ́ce dhruvá-kṣemā anava-syánto ártham | táṃ sū́ryaṃ harítaḥ saptá yahvī́ḥ spáśaṃ víśvasya jágato vahanti ||
Translation
যিজনক তেওঁলোকে অন্ধকাৰৰ বিপৰীতে বিচাৰক কৰি গঢ়িলে, ধ্ৰুৱ-ক্ষেমাত লক্ষ্য সন্ধান কৰোঁতে—সেই সূৰ্যক সাতটা বেগৱতী হৰিত বহন কৰে; সি সমগ্ৰ জগতৰ স্পশ, দৰ্শক-সাক্ষী।
Word by Word
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सीम्indeed; just; him
सीम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसीम् (निपात/अव्यय)
अकृण्वन्तम्(him) not making / not doing
अकृण्वन्तम्:
कर्म
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृण्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त) + अ- (निषेध/अभाव-उपसर्ग)
तमसेfor darkness; to the darkness
तमसे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
विपृचेin the mingling/confusing (state); in the entangling
विपृचे:
अधिकरण
TypeAdjective
Rootवि- + पृच् (धातु) → विपृच् (कृदन्त/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
ध्रुवक्षेमाःhaving firm security; steadfast in safety
ध्रुवक्षेमाः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootध्रुव- + क्षेम (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
अनवस्यन्तःnot seeking; not desiring
अनवस्यन्तः:
कर्तृ
TypeParticiple
Rootअन्- + वस्/वस्य् (धातु ‘to desire/seek’, Vedic) → वस्यन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त) + अन्- (निषेध)
अर्थम्aim; purpose; object
अर्थम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
तम्him
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यम्the Sun
सूर्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
हरितःthe bay mares (sun’s steeds)
हरितः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (f.)
Rootहरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
सप्तseven
सप्त:
—
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्तन् (संख्या)
यह्वीःswift/impetuous (fem.)
यह्वीः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (f.)
Rootयह्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
स्पशम्the spy; watcher
स्पशम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootस्पश् (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वस्यof all; of the whole
विश्वस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
जगतःof the moving world; of creation
जगतः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
वहन्तिthey carry; they convey
वहन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवह् (धातु)
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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Chanting Notes
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