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

Luas terbentang, dua Yang Mahabesar itu, tak pernah meleset—Bapa dan Ibu—menjaga segala dunia. Teguh dalam keelokan wujudnya bagaikan dua Rodasī (Langit dan Bumi), ketika Sang Bapa menempatkan keduanya, dilingkupi rupa-rupa bentuk di segenap arah.

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Word by Word

• उरुव्यचसा: with wide expanse (vastly spreading)
• उरुव्यचसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उरु-व्यचस् (प्रातिपदिक; उरु ‘wide’ + व्यचस् ‘spreading, expanse’)

• महिनी: the two great (ones)
• महिनी: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महीन (प्रातिपदिक; from मह्/महि ‘great’)

• असश्चता: (they) two are inseparable / do not part
• असश्चता: Kartā
• Type: Verb (finite) used adjectivally
• Root: सच् (धातु) ‘to accompany, follow, be associated’ + अ- (neg.)

• पिता: the father
• पिता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• माता: the mother
• माता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• भुवनानि: the worlds / beings / realms
• भुवनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक; from भू ‘to be’)

• रक्षतः: they two protect
• रक्षतः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (finite)
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु) ‘to protect’

• सुधृष्टमे: in the most daring (guise)
• सुधृष्टमे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (superlative)
• Root: सु-धृष्टम (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of धृष्/धृष्ट ‘bold, daring’)

• वपुष्ये: in (their) beautiful form
• वपुष्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: वपुष्य (प्रातिपदिक; from वपुस् ‘form, beauty’)

• न: like / as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (उपमा-निपात)

• रोदसी: Heaven and Earth (the two worlds)
• रोदसी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; dual of ‘rodas’ = heaven & earth)

• पिता: the father
• पिता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: when / that
• यत्: —
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सीम्: indeed / just
• सीम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सीम् (निपात; enclitic)

• अभि: towards / over
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• रूपैः: with forms / appearances
• रूपैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवासयत्: he clothed/covered (them) / arrayed (them)
• अवासयत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (finite)
• Root: अव-√अस्/वस्? (causative) — here from √वस् ‘to clothe, cover, cause to dwell’ with अव-; Vedic causative ‘to cover/array’