Rig Veda 1.22.19: Mandala 1, Sukta 22, Mantra 19
Sukta 1.22
Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva
Devata: Viṣṇu (with Indra as allied power)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विष्णोः कर्माणि पश्यत यतो व्रतानि पस्पशे । इन्द्रस्य युज्यः सखा ॥
Transliteration
viṣṇoḥ karmāṇi paśyata yato vratāni paspaśe | indrasya yujyaḥ sakhā ||
Translation
Schaut auf die Werke Viṣṇus, von woher er die Gelübde und Satzungen (vratá) erschaute und sichtbar machte; er ist Indras angeschirrter Gefährte.
Word by Word
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
कर्माणिdeeds, acts
कर्माणि:
कर्म (object) [of पश्यत]
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
पश्यतsee! behold!
पश्यत:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√पश् (द्रष्टौ)
यतःfrom where, whence
यतः:
अपादान (source) [with पस्पशे]
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयतस् (अव्यय)
व्रतानिordinances, sacred laws/commands
व्रतानि:
कर्म (object) [of पस्पशे]
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
पस्पशेhas beheld, has looked upon
पस्पशे:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√स्पश् (दर्शने/निरीक्षणे) [Vedic]
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) [with सखा]
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
युज्यःyoked/associated; fit to be joined (as companion)
युज्यः:
विशेषण (qualifier) [of सखा]
TypeAdjective
Rootयुज्य (प्रातिपदिक; from √युज् ‘to yoke/join’)
सखाfriend, companion
सखा:
कर्तृ (subject) [of implied ‘is/was’]
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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