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Rig Veda 3.38.3: Mandala 3, Sukta 38, Mantra 3

Sukta 3.38

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Indra (as kṣatra-power; verse also evokes world-ordering powers)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

नि षीमिदत्र गुह्या दधाना उत क्षत्राय रोदसी समञ्जन् । सं मात्राभिर्ममिरे येमुरुर्वी अन्तर्मही समृते धायसे धुः ॥

ní ṣīm íd atra guhyā́ dádhānā uta kṣatrā́ya rodasī́ sám añjan | sáṁ mā́trābhir mamire yémur urvī́ antár mahī́ samṛ́te dhā́yase dhuḥ ||

અહીં જ તેઓ ગુહ્ય તત્ત્વોને અંદર સ્થાપે છે; અને ક્ષત્ર (શાસનશક્તિ) માટે રોદસી (બે લોક—દ્યાવા-પૃથિવી)ને જોડે છે. માપોથી તેમણે ઉરુર્વી (વિસ્તૃત-વિશાળ)ને રચી સીમિત કરી; મહીમાં (મહત્તામાં) સમૃતે (સુસંયોજિત) ક્રમમાં, પોષણ માટે આધારશિલાઓ સ્થાપી છે.

निdown; in; forth (as preverb)
नि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga) / ni (avyaya)
षीम्indeed; just; surely
षीम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootषीम् (particle)
इद्indeed; even
इद्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (particle)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (deictic adverb)
गुह्याhidden (things); secrets
गुह्या:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootगुह्य (from √गुह्) / prātipadika गुह्य-
दधानाplacing; holding; establishing
दधाना:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धारणे/स्थापने)
उतand; also; moreover
उत:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (particle)
क्षत्रायfor dominion; for sovereignty
क्षत्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्र (prātipadika क्षत्र-)
रोदसीthe two worlds (Heaven and Earth)
रोदसी:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (dual stem) रोदसी-
सम्together; completely
सम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (upasarga)
अञ्जन्they anointed; they fitted/arrayed
अञ्जन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√अञ्ज् (अञ्जने/अलङ्कारे)
संtogether; with
सं:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (upasarga)
मात्राभिःwith measures; with (due) proportions
मात्राभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमात्रा (prātipadika मात्रा-)
ममिरेthey measured out
ममिरे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√मा (माने/मिमीतौ ‘to measure’)
येwho
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
ईमुःthey went; they set in motion
ईमुः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√या (गत्यर्थ) with preverb? (Vedic perfect form)
उर्वीbroad; wide
उर्वी:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउर्वी (prātipadika उर्वी-)
अन्तःwithin; inside
अन्तः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तः (indeclinable/adverb)
महीthe great (earth); the great one
मही:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमही (prātipadika मही-)
समृतेin the gathering; in the confluence
समृते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसमृत (prātipadika समृत-) / or loc. of समृत-
धायसेfor support; for nourishment/establishment
धायसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootधायस् (prātipadika धायस्-)
धुःthey placed; they set
धुः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धारणे/स्थापने) (Vedic aorist)

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