Rig Veda 2.32.1: Mandala 2, Sukta 32, Mantra 1

Sukta 2.32

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)

Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (Heaven and Earth)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अस्य मे द्यावापृथिवी ऋतायतो भूतमवित्री वचसः सिषासतः । ययोरायुः प्रतरं ते इदं पुर उपस्तुते वसूयुर्वां महो दधे ॥

Transliteration

asyá mé dyāvā-pṛthivī ṛtāyató bhūtám avitrī́ vácasaḥ sisāsatáḥ | yayór ā́yuḥ prá-taraṃ té idáṃ púra úpastute vasūyúrvāṃ mahó dadhé ||

Translation

Que pour cette parole mienne le Ciel et la Terre — marchant selon le ṛta — deviennent protecteurs, désireux d’affermir le Verbe. Devant ces deux dont la vie s’avance plus avant, je dépose cet antique éloge ; en quête des richesses, j’ai trouvé en vous une grande ampleur.

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Word by Word

• अस्य: of this (man/poet); of him
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्य

• मे: to me; my
• मे: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (to me / of me)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम) → मे

• द्यावापृथिवी: Heaven-and-Earth (the two)
• द्यावापृथिवी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: द्यावा-पृथिवी (द्वन्द्व-समास; द्यौस् + पृथिवी)

• ऋताय॒तः: of the one who strives for ṛta (cosmic order)
• ऋताय॒तः: सम्बन्ध (qualifying genitive)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक) + यत् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय) → ऋतायत्

• भूतम्: become; having become; made
• भूतम्: कर्म (with implied ‘made/placed’)
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: भू (धातु) → भूत (कृदन्त, क्त)

• अवित्री: protectresses (two)
• अवित्री: कर्तृ (apposition to द्यावापृथिवी)
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: अवि-तृ (प्रातिपदिक; from √अव ‘protect’ + तृ/तृन् agentive) → अवितृ

• वचसः: of speech; of the hymn
• वचसः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सिषासतः: of the two who desire to teach/guide
• सिषासतः: सम्बन्ध (genitive with ययोः)
• Type: Verb-participle
• Root: √शास् (to instruct/command) with desiderative सि-षास-; present participle

• ययोः: of which two; of whom (two)
• ययोः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम) → ययोः

• आयुः: life; lifetime
• आयुः: कर्तृ (of प्रतरम् as predicate/qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतरम्: further; longer; more extended
• प्रतरम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective/Adverb (comparative)
• Root: प्रतर (comparative from प्र ‘forward’)

• ते: of you
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) → ते

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म (object of दधे)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• पुरः: in front; before
• पुरः: अधिकरण (locative sense: ‘in front’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) → पुरः

• उपस्तुते: he praises; he worships
• उपस्तुते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (to praise) with उप-; middle present

• वसूयुः: desiring wealth
• वसूयुः: कर्तृ (apposition to implied ‘he’)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: वसु (wealth) + यु (desiderative/possessive adj. suffix) → वसूयु

• वाम्: you two
• वाम्: कर्म/सम्बन्ध (you two, as object/goal)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd pers. pronoun) → वाम्

• महो: great (thing); greatness
• महो: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) → महः/महो (Vedic form)

• दधे: he has placed; he has set (forth)
• दधे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (to place/put) perfect middle