Rig Veda 8.93.12: Mandala 8, Sukta 93, Mantra 12
Sukta 8.93
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अधा ते अप्रतिष्कुतं देवी शुष्मं सपर्यतः । उभे सुशिप्र रोदसी ॥
Transliteration
adhā́ te aprati-skutáṃ devī́ śúṣmaṃ saparyatáḥ | ubhé súśipra ródasī iti ||
Translation
પછી, હે સુશિપ્રી (સુંદર હોઠવાળી), તારો અપ્રતિષ્કુત—અપ્રતિરોધ્ય—શુષ્મ (વીર્ય/બળ) દેવીઓ, દેવશક્તિઓ, ભક્તિપૂર્વક સેવા કરી પોષે છે; અને બંને રોદસી—દ્યુ અને પૃથ્વી—તને પ્રતિધ્વનિત થાય છે.
Word by Word
अधाthen, thereafter
अधा:
Adhikaraṇa (वाक्य-सम्बन्ध/प्रसङ्ग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधा (अव्यय)
तेfor you; of you
ते:
Sampradāna (हित/सम्बन्ध)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अप्रतिष्कुतम्unopposed, irresistible
अप्रतिष्कुतम्:
Karma (स्तुत्य/उपचार्य-वस्तु)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-प्रतिष्कुत (प्रातिपदिक; नकारान्त-नपुंसक)
देवीthe goddess
देवी:
Kartā (कर्ता) — (देवी … सपर्यतः) के साथ
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
शुष्मम्might, vigor, power
शुष्मम्:
Karma (कर्म) — ‘(शुष्मम्) सपर्यतः’
TypeNoun
Rootशुष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
सपर्यतःthey worship, they attend upon
सपर्यतः:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया) — ‘they worship/serve’
TypeVerb
Rootसपर्य् (धातु; ‘पूज्/सेव्’ अर्थे)
उभेboth
उभे:
Kartā (कर्ता) — (रोदसी) के विशेषण रूपेण
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootउभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुशिप्रेO two fair-cheeked (fair-lipped)
सुशिप्रे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन) — ‘O two fair-cheeked’
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootसु-शिप्र (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय)
रोदसीHeaven and Earth (the two worlds)
रोदसी:
Kartā (कर्ता) — ‘both (heaven and earth)’
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्विवचन-तन्तु)
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