Rig Veda 1.160.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 160, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.160
Rishi: As RV 1.160 (verify)
Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उरुव्यचसा महिनी असश्चता पिता माता च भुवनानि रक्षतः । सुधृष्टमे वपुष्ये न रोदसी पिता यत्सीमभि रूपैरवासयत् ॥
Transliteration
uru-vyácasā mahinī́ asaścátā pitā́ mātā́ ca bhúvanāni rakṣataḥ | su-dhṛ́ṣṭame vapuṣyé na ródasī pitā́ yát sīm abhí rū́pair avā́sayat ||
Translation
ઉરુ-વ્યાપક, મહાન અને અચૂક એવા પિતા અને માતા—એ બે—ભુવનોનું રક્ષણ કરે છે. સૌંદર્યમાં સુદૃઢ એવા બે દૃઢ લોક (રોદસી) છે, જ્યારે પિતાએ તેમને સર્વત્ર રૂપો દ્વારા વસાવ્યા.
Word by Word
उरुव्यचसाwith wide expanse (vastly spreading)
उरुव्यचसा:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootउरु-व्यचस् (प्रातिपदिक; उरु ‘wide’ + व्यचस् ‘spreading, expanse’)
महिनीthe two great (ones)
महिनी:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootमहीन (प्रातिपदिक; from मह्/महि ‘great’)
असश्चता(they) two are inseparable / do not part
असश्चता:
Kartā
TypeVerb (finite) used adjectivally
Rootसच् (धातु) ‘to accompany, follow, be associated’ + अ- (neg.)
पिताthe father
पिता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
माताthe mother
माता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
भुवनानिthe worlds / beings / realms
भुवनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक; from भू ‘to be’)
रक्षतःthey two protect
रक्षतः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (finite)
Rootरक्ष् (धातु) ‘to protect’
सुधृष्टमेin the most daring (guise)
सुधृष्टमे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (superlative)
Rootसु-धृष्टम (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of धृष्/धृष्ट ‘bold, daring’)
वपुष्येin (their) beautiful form
वपुष्ये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootवपुष्य (प्रातिपदिक; from वपुस् ‘form, beauty’)
नlike / as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
रोदसीHeaven and Earth (the two worlds)
रोदसी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; dual of ‘rodas’ = heaven & earth)
पिताthe father
पिता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when / that
यत्:
—
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सीम्indeed / just
सीम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसीम् (निपात; enclitic)
अभिtowards / over
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रूपैःwith forms / appearances
रूपैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
अवासयत्he clothed/covered (them) / arrayed (them)
अवासयत्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (finite)
Rootअव-√अस्/वस्? (causative) — here from √वस् ‘to clothe, cover, cause to dwell’ with अव-; Vedic causative ‘to cover/array’
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