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Rig Veda 1.185.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 185, Mantra 5

Sukta 1.185

Rishi: Traditionally attributed to an early seer of the Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (Heaven-and-Earth) cycle in RV 1.185 (exact rishi varies by tradition; not supplied in input)
Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify by metrical scan)

संगच्छमाने युवती समन्ते स्वसारा जामी पित्रोरुपस्थे । अभिजिघ्रन्ती भुवनस्य नाभिं द्यावा रक्षतं पृथिवी नो अभ्वात् ॥

saṅgácchamāne yuvatī sámante svásārā jāmī pitrór upásthe | abhijíghrantī bhúvanasya nā́bhiṃ dyā́vā rakṣataṃ pṛthivī no ábhvāt ||

Avanzando juntas, jóvenes, en concordia por doquier — hermanas, parientes, en el amplio regazo del Padre; aspirando hacia el ombligo del mundo: oh Dyāus y Pṛthivī, guardadnos del poder inmenso y hostil (abhvā).

संगच्छमाने(the two) going together, moving in unison
संगच्छमाने:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण द्यावा-पृथिव्योः)
TypeAdjective (present participle)
Rootसम्-गम् (धातु √गम्) / संगच्छमान (प्रातिपदिक)
युवतीthe two young women (the two youthful ones)
युवती:
Kartā (द्यावा-पृथिव्यौ)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootयुवती (प्रातिपदिक < युवा)
समन्तेall around, on every side
समन्ते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable/Adverbial (locative used adverbially)
Rootसमन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वसारा(as) two sisters
स्वसारा:
Kartā (द्यावा-पृथिव्यौ; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वसृ (प्रातिपदिक)
जामी(as) a closely related pair, kindred
जामी:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootजामि (प्रातिपदिक)
पित्रोःof the two parents
पित्रोः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
उपस्थेin the lap, in the bosom
उपस्थे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिजिघ्रन्तीsniffing toward, inhaling upon
अभिजिघ्रन्ती:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण द्यावा-पृथिव्योः)
TypeAdjective (present participle)
Rootअभि-घ्रा (धातु √घ्रा ‘to smell’) / अभिजिघ्रन्ती (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनस्यof the world, of existence
भुवनस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक < √भू)
नाभिम्the navel; central hub
नाभिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यावाO Heaven (and) … (Heaven-and-Earth pair)
द्यावा:
Kartā (सम्बोधन/कर्तृ-प्रयोगः)
TypeNoun
Rootद्याव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
रक्षतम्protect (you two)!
रक्षतम्:
Kriyā (addressed action)
TypeVerb
Rootरक्ष् (धातु √रक्ष्)
पृथिवीO Earth (and) … (the pair)
पृथिवी:
Kartā (सम्बोधन/कर्तृ-प्रयोगः; द्यावा के साथ द्वन्द्वार्थे)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us, for us
नः:
Sampradāna/Beneficiary (for us) / Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अभ्वात्from harm, from danger
अभ्वात्:
Apādāna (source to be protected from)
TypeNoun
Rootअभ्व (प्रातिपदिक ‘harm, danger, monstrousness’) + Abl.sg.

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