Rig Veda 4.16.5: Mandala 4, Sukta 16, Mantra 5
Sukta 4.16
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ववक्ष इन्द्रो अमितमृजीष्युभे आ पप्रौ रोदसी महित्वा । अतश्चिदस्य महिमा वि रेच्यभि यो विश्वा भुवना बभूव ॥
Transliteration
vavakṣa índro ámitam ṛjīṣy ùbhé ā́ paprau ródasī mahi-tvā́ | átaś cid asya mahimā́ ví recy abhí yó víśvā bhúvanā babhū́va ||
Translation
Indra ha crecido hasta una grandeza inconmensurable; con su vastedad ha colmado Cielo y Tierra. Y aun más allá se expande su poder: él, que ha llegado a abarcar todos los mundos del devenir.
Word by Word
ववक्षhas grown strong / has waxed
ववक्ष:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (वहति) / वैदिक √वक्ष् (वक्षति) ‘to grow/strengthen’
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अमितम्immeasurably / immeasured
अमितम्:
Karma (as measure/extent) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअमित (a-mita) (प्रातिपदिक) < √मा ‘to measure’
ऋजीष्युभेthe r̥jīṣa-bearing (Indra)
ऋजीष्युभे:
Kartā (as epithet of Indra)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootऋजीष्युभ् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘having/using r̥jīṣa (barley-stalks), r̥jīṣin-like’
उभेboth
उभे:
Karma
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootउभ (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
पप्रौfilled / pervaded
पप्रौ:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पॄ/पॢ (पृणाति/पिपर्ति) ‘to fill, to pervade’
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
Karma
TypeNoun (dual)
Rootरोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक) ‘heaven-and-earth’
महित्वाby (his) greatness
महित्वा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootमहित्व (प्रातिपदिक) < महत्
अतःfrom this / therefore
अतः:
Apādāna (source) / Hetu
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः (अव्यय) < अ (pronoun base) + तस्
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
अस्यof him / his
अस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्/अ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
महिमाgreatness, majesty
महिमा:
Kartā (of ‘is spread out’)
TypeNoun
Rootमहिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, widely
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
रेचिspread out / extended
रेचि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√रिच् (रिणक्ति/रेचयति) ‘to empty, to leave; to extend/spread’
अभिtowards, over
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (of ‘became’)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वाall
विश्वा:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनाbeings / worlds
भुवना:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
बभूवbecame / came to be
बभूव:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
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