Rig Veda 7.66.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 66, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.66

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa (praised as sustainers among the gods)

Chandas: Short meter (requires audit; likely Anuṣṭubh/related)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

या धारयन्त देवाः सुदक्षा दक्षपितरा । असुर्याय प्रमहसा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.66.2

Transliteration

yā́ dhāráyanta devā́ḥ sudákṣā́ dákṣapitārā | asuryā́ya prámāhasā ||

Translation

তাঁরাই—দেবগণ, সুদক্ষ, যাঁদের পিতা দক্ষ—অসুর্য (সার্বভৌম) শক্তি ও অতিশয় মহিমার দ্বারা ধারণ করেন।

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Word by Word

• याः: who (fem. pl.)
• याः: Kartā (याः … धारयन्त) / सम्बन्धः (देवाः इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धारयन्त: they bore / upheld
• धारयन्त: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धारणे)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) < √दिव् (दीप्तौ)

• सुदक्षाः: well-skilled, very capable
• सुदक्षाः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) [सु- उपसर्ग + दक्ष ‘able, skilled’]

• दक्षपितरः: having Dakṣa as father / sons of Dakṣa
• दक्षपितरः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: दक्ष-पितृ (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहिः/कर्मधारयः: ‘whose fathers are Dakṣa’ / ‘having Dakṣa as father’)

• असुर्याय: for the asuric power / for lordship
• असुर्याय: Sampradāna (यस्यार्थे/यस्य कृते)
• Type: Noun (abstract/collective) / Adjective used substantively
• Root: असुर्य (प्रातिपदिक) < असुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रम्हसा: with great might / with surpassing power
• प्रम्हसा: Karaṇa (येन साधनेन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-महस् (प्रातिपदिक) [प्र- उपसर्ग + महस् ‘greatness, might’]