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
ইৰাৱতী, দুগ্ধশক্তিত সমৃদ্ধ, সু-পশুচাৰ বহনকাৰিণী—ই মানুহৰ বাবে সেৱা-সন্মানযোগ্য বস্তু হৈ উঠিল। হে বিষ্ণু, এই দুয়ো জগত (দ্যৌ-পৃথিৱী) তুমি পৃথক কৰি স্থিৰ কৰি ৰাখিলা; আৰু তোমাৰ জ্যোতিৰ ৰশ্মিসমূহে চাৰিওফালে পৃথিৱীক ধৰি ৰাখিলা।
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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Vedic Cosmology
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