Rig Veda 1.156.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 156, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.156
Rishi: Dīrghatamas Aucathya
Devata: Viṣṇu
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यः पूर्व्याय वेधसे नवीयसे सुमज्जानये विष्णवे ददाशति । यो जातमस्य महतो महि ब्रवत्सेदु श्रवोभिर्युज्यं चिदभ्यसत् ॥
Transliteration
yaḥ pūrvyāya vedhase navīyase sumajjānaye viṣṇave dadāśati | yo jātam asya mahato mahi bravat sed u śravobhir yujyaṃ cid abhy asat ||
Translation
ヴィシュヌ（Viṣṇu）に捧げる者——彼は太古の智者にしてなお常に新しく、善き慧（すめい）を目覚まさしむる者——また、彼より生まれ出づる大いなる偉力を大いに語り讃うる者、その人は霊感の「聞」（śravas）の力によって、たとえ繋ぎ難きものすらも遂に得る。
Word by Word
यःwho (he)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्व्यायto the ancient/primeval
पूर्व्याय:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व्य (प्रातिपदिक; पूर्व + य)
वेधसेto the wise one/ordainer
वेधसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootवेधस् (प्रातिपदिक; √विध्/√वेध् ‘to know/ordain’ → ‘wise/ordainer’)
नवीयसेto the newer/most recent
नवीयसे:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootनवीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; नव ‘new’ का तुलनात्मक)
सुमज्जानयेto the well-plunging/strong-striding (one)
सुमज्जानये:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootसुमज्जान (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + मज्जान ‘plunging/immersing’; विष्णोः विशेषण)
विष्णवेto Viṣṇu
विष्णवे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (deity)
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
ददाशतिgives/presents
ददाशति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√दाश् (to give, present, worship with gifts)
यःwho (he)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जातम्the born (deed/being); what is born
जातम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple
Root√जन् (to be born) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him/of this
अस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
महतःof the great
महतः:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
महिmightily/greatly
महि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमहि (अव्यय; ‘greatly’/‘mighty’)
ब्रवत्speaking/declaring
ब्रवत्:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√ब्रू (to speak) → ब्रुवत्/ब्रवत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इद्indeed/just
इद्:
—
TypeParticle
Rootइद् (निपात)
उand/also (emphatic)
उ:
—
TypeParticle
Rootउ (निपात)
श्रवोभिःwith glories/fames
श्रवोभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fame, glory’)
युज्यम्the yokeable/fit-to-be-yoked (thing)
युज्यम्:
Karma
TypeGerundive/Participle
Root√युज् (to yoke/join) → युज्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ‘to be yoked/fit to be joined’)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeParticle
Rootचित् (निपात)
अभ्यसत्he attained/approached; he was (there) toward
अभ्यसत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (to be) with अभि-; Vedic injunctive/aoristic form
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