Rig Veda 2.40.1: Mandala 2, Sukta 40, Mantra 1
Sukta 2.40
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (and/or the Gṛtsamada lineage)
Devata: Soma-Pūṣan (dual)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely for RV 2.40)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सोमापूषणा जनना रयीणां जनना दिवो जनना पृथिव्याः । जातौ विश्वस्य भुवनस्य गोपौ देवा अकृण्वन्नमृतस्य नाभिम् ॥
Transliteration
somā́pūṣaṇā jánanā rayīṇā́ṃ jánanā divó jánanā pṛthivyā́ḥ | jātáu víśvasya bhúvanasya gopā́u devā́ akṛṇvann amṛ́tasya nā́bhim ||
Translation
O Soma and Pūṣan, begetters of plenitudes, begetters of heaven, begetters of earth—born as the two guardians of all becoming, the gods made you the navel-center of immortality.
Word by Word
सोमापूषणाSoma and Pūṣan
सोमापूषणा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसोम + पूषण (प्रातिपदिक) (द्वन्द्व-समास)
जननाbegetters, progenitors
जनना:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootजनन (प्रातिपदिक) < √जन् (जने) (कृदन्त: -ana)
रयीणाम्of riches
रयीणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootरयि (प्रातिपदिक)
जननाbegetters
जनना:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootजनन (प्रातिपदिक) < √जन्
दिवःof heaven
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
जननाbegetters
जनना:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootजनन (प्रातिपदिक) < √जन्
पृथिव्याःof the earth
पृथिव्याः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
जातौborn (as the two)
जातौ:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootजात (प्रातिपदिक) < √जन् (कृदन्त: क्त)
विश्वस्यof all, of the whole
विश्वस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनस्यof the world, of existence
भुवनस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक) < √भू (कृदन्त: -ana)
गोपौthe two guardians/protectors
गोपौ:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगोपा (प्रातिपदिक) < गो + √पा (पालने) (उपपद-समास)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अकृण्वन्made, fashioned
अकृण्वन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे)
अमृतस्यof immortality
अमृतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
नाभिम्navel; hub; central bond
नाभिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
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