Mantra 4

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इदं विष्णुर्वि चक्रमे त्रेधा नि दधे पदा। समूढमस्य पांसुरे

IAST Transliteration

idáṃ víṣṇur ví cakrame tredhā́ ní dadhe padā́ | samū́ḍham asya pāṃsuré

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This Viṣṇu hath strode forth; in threefold wise he set his steps; he made it firm—this work of his—in the dusty earth.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this (it)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, widely, in various ways
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• चक्रमे: stepped/strided
• चक्रमे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम् (धातु) + वि; लिट् (परस्मैपद-न), आत्मनेपद

• त्रेधा: threefold, in three ways
• त्रेधा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रेधा (अव्यय; ‘त्रि’ से)

• नि: down, into place
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दधे: placed, set
• दधे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) + नि; लिट्, आत्मनेपद

• पदा: (two) steps/footprints
• पदा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)

• समूढम्: piled up, heaped together
• समूढम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सम् + ऊढ (√वह्/√ऊह् से निष्पन्न क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; ‘समूढ’)

• अस्य: of him/of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पांसुरे: in/with dust; in the dusty (place)
• पांसुरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (locative used adverbially)
• Root: पांसुर (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Viṣṇu-trivikrama tradition (RV 1.154 parallels); Atharvanic redaction preserves the formula.

Devata: Viṣṇu (Trivikrama)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as in RV parallels; Atharvan transmission may show minor metrical looseness)

Mantra Rasa

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