Mantra 5

Sukta 61

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्य द्विबर्हसो बृहत् सहो दाधार रोदसी । गिरींरज्राँ अपः स्वर्वृषत्वना

IAST Transliteration

yásya dvibárhaso bṛhát sáho dādhā́ra ródasī | girī́n vájrān ápaḥ svàr vṛ́ṣatvanā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whose doubly-exalted, vast might hath propped the Two Worlds—mountains, the thunderbolts, the waters, and the light of heaven—by his bull-like potency.

Translation

Celui dont la puissance, doublement exaltée et immense, a soutenu les Deux Mondes — les montagnes, les foudres (Vajra), les eaux et la lumière du ciel — par sa force de taureau, féconde.

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• द्विबर्हसः: having twofold support/strength
• द्विबर्हसः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि-बर्हस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘twofold/with two supports/strengths’)

• बृहत्: great
• बृहत्: कर्म (सहः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहः: might, power
• सहः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दाधार: has held, upheld
• दाधार: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धारणे)

• रोदसी: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• रोदसी: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; द्यावापृथिव्यौ)

• गिरीन्: mountains
• गिरीन्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अज्रान्: firm, unbroken
• अज्रान्: कर्म-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अज्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘unbroken, firm/unyielding’)

• अपः: waters
• अपः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वः: heaven, the celestial light
• स्वः: कर्म (अर्थतः गन्तव्य/विषय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (अव्यय; ‘heaven, light’)

• वृषत्वना: with (his) virile/fertilizing power
• वृषत्वना: करण
• Type: Noun (instrumental of abstract/quality)
• Root: वृषत्वन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘with bull-like/virile force, with fertilizing might’)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (adopted into AV20).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type (RV-style; exact identification depends on RV source lineation).

Mantra Rasa

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