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Mantra 3

Sukta 15

समीक्षयस्व गायतो नभांस्यपां वेगासः पृथगुद् विजन्ताम्। वर्षस्य सर्गा महयन्तु भूमिं पृथग् जायन्तां वीरुधो विश्वरूपाः

samī́kṣayasva gā́yataḥ nábhāṃsy apā́ṃ végāsaḥ pr̥thág úd víjantām | varṣásya sárgā mahayantu bhū́miṃ pr̥thák jāyantāṃ vīrúdho viśvárūpāḥ

Have regard unto the singer: let the cloud-masses; let the rushes of the waters spread forth, each apart. Let the outpourings of rain make the earth great; let the plants be born, each apart, of manifold forms.

समीक्षयस्वlook around / observe well
समीक्षयस्व:
Kartā (अध्याहृतः ‘त्वम्’)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-ईक्ष् (धातु) / ईक्ष्
गायतःof the singer / of the chanter
गायतः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective (participle used adjectivally)
Rootगायत् (प्रातिपदिक; √गै ‘गायने’)
नभांसिthe skies / clouds / firmaments
नभांसि:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनभस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
वेगासःthe rushes / impulses / currents
वेगासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवेग (प्रातिपदिक)
पृथक्separately / apart
पृथक्:
क्रियाविशेषण (manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृथक् (अव्यय)
उत्up / forth
उत्:
क्रियाविशेषण (directional)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (उपसर्ग/निपात)
विजन्ताम्let them separate / be driven apart
विजन्ताम्:
Kriyā (with Kartā = नभांसि/वेगासः)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-√जि/विज् (धातु; ‘to separate, drive apart’)
वर्षस्यof the rain
वर्षस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्गाःthe outpourings / emissions / streams
सर्गाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
महयन्तुlet them magnify / enrich
महयन्तु:
Kriyā (Kartā = सर्गाः)
TypeVerb
Root√मह्/महय् (धातु; causative ‘to make great, gladden, magnify’)
भूमिम्the earth / ground
भूमिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
पृथक्separately / in distinct kinds
पृथक्:
क्रियाविशेषण (manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृथक् (अव्यय)
जायन्ताम्let (them) be born / arise
जायन्ताम्:
Kriyā (Kartā = वीरुधः)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (धातु)
वीरुधःplants / herbs
वीरुधः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवीरुध् (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्व-रूपाःof all forms / manifold
विश्व-रूपाः:
विशेषण (of Kartā)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व + रूप)

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition (specific attribution depends on anukramaṇī)

Devata: Varṣa/Parjanya-like rain power; Āpaḥ; Vīrudh (vegetation)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (with Atharvanic flexibility)

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