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Rig Veda 10.85.18: Mandala 10, Sukta 85, Mantra 18

Sukta 10.85

Rishi: Sūryā Sāvitri (traditional)
Devata: Implicit dual cosmic powers (often read as Sun and Moon / Day and Night) operating around the adhvara
Chandas: Jagatī or Triṣṭubh (uncertain here; the verse is long and may tend Jagatī in some analyses)

पूर्वापरं चरतो माययैतौ शिशू क्रीळन्तौ परि यातो अध्वरम् । विश्वान्यन्यो भुवनाभिचष्ट ऋतूँरन्यो विदधज्जायते पुनः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.85.18

pūrvāparáṃ carato māyáyaitáu śiśū́ krī́ḷantau pári yāto adhvarám | víśvāny anyó bhúvanābhícaṣṭa ṛtū́ṃr anyó vidadháj jā́yate púnaḥ ||

Vorwärts und rückwärts gehen diese beiden durch māyā; wie zwei Kinder spielend umkreisen sie das adhvara. Der eine schaut alle Welten; der andere ordnet die Jahreszeiten – und wird immer wieder neu geboren.

पूर्वापरम्in forward-and-back (alternation)
पूर्वापरम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व + अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
चरतो(they) move / go
चरतो:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (धातु)
माययाby (their) wondrous power / māyā
मायया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमाया (प्रातिपदिक)
एतौthese two
एतौ:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शिशू(as) two young ones / children
शिशू:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशिशु (प्रातिपदिक)
क्रीळन्तौplaying
क्रीळन्तौ:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootक्रीळ्/क्रीड् (धातु)
परिaround
परि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
यातो(they) go
यातो:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
अध्वरम्the sacrifice / ritual
अध्वरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वानिall (things)
विश्वानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (substantive)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्यःthe one (of the two), the other
अन्यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनानिworlds / beings / existences
भुवनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक) < भू (धातु)
अभिचष्टेbeholds / looks upon
अभिचष्टे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootचक्ष् (धातु) + अभि (उपसर्ग)
ऋतून्seasons / proper times
ऋतून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्यःthe other (one)
अन्यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
विदधत्apportioning / arranging
विदधत्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootधा (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग)
जायतेis born / comes into being
जायते:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)

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