Rig Veda 10.120.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 120, Mantra 7
Sukta 10.120
Rishi: Uncertain (see RV 10.120).
Devata: Protector-establisher (Indra-like), who sets higher and lower in order; linked to Heaven-and-Earth (Mothers).
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (probable).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नि तद्दधिषेऽवरं परं च यस्मिन्नाविथावसा दुरोणे । आ मातरा स्थापयसे जिगत्नू अत इनोषि कर्वरा पुरूणि ॥
Transliteration
ní tád dadhíṣe ’váraṃ páraṃ ca yásminn ā́vithā́vasā duroṇé | ā́ mā́tarā sthāpayase jigatnū́ áta inóṣi kárvarā purū́ṇi ||
Translation
Du setzt dies fest—das Niedere wie das Höhere—in dem Haus, wo du mit deinem Schutz beistehst. Du stellst die beiden Mütter auf, dem Ziel zustrebend; von dort vertreibst du viele Verdüsterungen.
Word by Word
निdown; in; (as preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāman)
दधिषेyou have placed; you have set
दधिषे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु) / दधि- (perf. stem)
अवरम्lower; nearer; inferior
अवरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअवर (prātipadika)
परम्higher; further; supreme
परम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (prātipadika)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (avyaya)
यस्मिन्in which
यस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (particle)
अविथाyou helped; you favoured
अविथा:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootअव (धातु) / अवि- (aorist stem)
अवसाwith help; with aid
अवसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (prātipadika)
दुरोणेin the house; in the dwelling
दुरोणे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदुरोण (prātipadika)
आtowards; unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
मातरौthe two mothers
मातरौ:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (prātipadika)
स्थापयसेyou cause to stand; you establish
स्थापयसे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु) → स्थापय (causative stem)
जिगत्नूgoing; moving; hastening
जिगत्नू:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootगम् (धातु) → जिगत्नु (kṛdanta)
अतthen; so; thereupon
अत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्/अथ (particle, Vedic)
इन्indeed; just
इन्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइन् (particle, emphatic)
ओषिyou bear; you carry; you convey
ओषि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootवह्/ऊह्? (Vedic form) / √वह् ‘to carry’ often with preverb in RV; here finite form ओषि
कर्वरा(dark) enclosures; pits/caverns; obstacles (contextual)
कर्वरा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्वर (prātipadika)
पुरूणिmany
पुरूणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु (prātipadika)
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