Rig Veda 3.56.4: Mandala 3, Sukta 56, Mantra 4

Sukta 3.56

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (family attribution for Maṇḍala 3)

Devata: Ādityas (explicit), with Waters as consenting divine energies

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभीक आसां पदवीरबोध्यादित्यानामह्वे चारु नाम । आपश्चिदस्मा अरमन्त देवीः पृथग्व्रजन्तीः परि षीमवृञ्जन् ॥

Transliteration

abhī́ka āsā́ṃ pada-vī́r abodhy ādityā́nām ahvé cā́ru nā́ma | ā́paś cid asmā aramanta devī́ḥ pṛthág vrajántīḥ pári sīm avṛñjan ||

Translation

Near at hand their path was awakened; at the call of the Ādityas the lovely Name arose. Even the divine Waters consented to him; moving apart in their courses, they encompassed him all around.

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Word by Word

• अभीक: near, close by
• अभीक: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभीक (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• आसाम्: of these (fem.)
• आसाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पदवीः: track, path, footprint-trail
• पदवीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अबोधि: was perceived/awakened, became known
• अबोधि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बुध्

• आदित्यानाम्: of the Ādityas
• आदित्यानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अह्वे: I have invoked/called
• अह्वे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वा (ह्वे)

• चारु: beautiful, pleasing
• चारु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: the Waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप् (प्रातिपदिक; pluralia tantum)

• चित्: even, indeed
• चित्: (सम्बन्धसूचक/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)

• अस्मै: to him
• अस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अयम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अरमन्त: they were favorable/they gave pleasure, they served
• अरमन्त: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रम्

• देवीः: the goddesses
• देवीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथक्: separately, apart
• पृथक्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)

• व्रजन्तीः: going, moving
• व्रजन्तीः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √व्रज्

• परि: around
• परि: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सीम्: him (enclitic)
• सीम्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सीम् (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-निपात)

• अवृञ्जन्: they encompassed/covered, they surrounded
• अवृञ्जन्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृञ्ज्