Rig Veda 8.102.14: Mandala 8, Sukta 102, Mantra 14
Sukta 8.102
Devata: Agni (implied continuity; cosmic-ritual foundation imagery)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्य त्रिधात्ववृतं बर्हिस्तस्थावसंदिनम् । आपश्चिन्नि दधा पदम् ॥
Transliteration
yásya tridhā́tv ávṛtaṁ bárhis tasthā́v asáṁdinam | ā́paś cin ní dadhā padám ||
Translation
Er, dessen dreifach gegründeter Sitz — die ausgebreitete heilige Streu — ungebrochen dasteht; selbst die Wasser setzen dort ihren Schritt: in dieser gefestigten Grundlage findet die Bewegung des Bewusstseins ihren Halt.
Word by Word
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
त्रिधातुthreefold / having three layers
त्रिधातु:
विशेषण (of बर्हिः)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootत्रि + धातु (प्रातिपदिक)
अवृतम्spread out / laid down
अवृतम्:
विशेषण (of बर्हिः)
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Root√वृ (वृञ् ‘to cover, choose’) + अव- (उपसर्ग) ; PPP अवृत
बर्हिःthe sacrificial grass (barhis)
बर्हिः:
कर्तृ (of तस्थौ)
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तस्थौstood / was set
तस्थौ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (तिष्ठति) ; perf. 3sg
असंदिनम्unsplit / unbroken
असंदिनम्:
कर्म-विशेषण (acc. of respect with implied object ‘it’ = barhis)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ- (निषेध) + संदिन्/संदि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘cleft, split, joint’) → असंदिन्
आपःthe waters
आपः:
कर्तृ (of दधाः)
TypeNoun
Rootआप्/आपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
निdown, in
नि:
क्रियाविशेषण (directional)
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
दधाःyou place / you set
दधाः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√धा (दधाति) ; pres. 2sg
पदम्a step; a footing; a place
पदम्:
कर्म (of दधाः)
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
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