Rig Veda 3.55.6: Mandala 3, Sukta 55, Mantra 6
Sukta 3.55
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (as vratā guardians) and the One (asura-tvam ekam) imaged as vatsa
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शयुः परस्तादध नु द्विमाताबन्धनश्चरति वत्स एकः । मित्रस्य ता वरुणस्य व्रतानि महद्देवानामसुरत्वमेकम् ॥
Transliteration
śayúḥ parástād ádha nú dvi-mātā́ abandhánaś carati vátsa ékaḥ | mitrásya tā́ váruṇasya vratā́ni mahád devā́nām asura-tvám ékam ||
Translation
彼方の上に横たわり、しかるのち二母をもつ者——束縛なきまま——ただ一頭の仔牛として行く。これぞミトラとヴァルナの誓戒（vratá）：神々の唯一にして広大なるアスラの威力（asuratva）。
Word by Word
शयुःthe one lying/at rest
शयुः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशयु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘lying/hidden/at rest’)
परस्तात्from beyond; on the farther side
परस्तात्:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरस्- (प्रातिपदिक) + -तात् (तद्धित/अव्ययीभाव)
अधthen; moreover
अध:
सम्बन्ध/वाक्योपपादन
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (निपात)
नुnow; indeed
नु:
सम्बन्ध/वाक्योपपादन
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
द्विमाताthe two-mothered one
द्विमाता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa sense: ‘having two mothers’)
Rootद्वि- + माता (मातृ-)
बन्धनःthe bound one; (one) in bondage
बन्धनः:
कर्तृ (apposition to subject) / विशेषण
TypeNoun
Rootबन्धन- (प्रातिपदिक; from √बन्ध् ‘to bind’)
चरतिmoves; roams
चरति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√चर् (चरति) ‘to move, go, roam’
वत्सःthe calf
वत्सः:
कर्तृ (apposition) / विशेष्य
TypeNoun
Rootवत्स- (प्रातिपदिक)
एकःone; single
एकः:
कर्तृ (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक- (प्रातिपदिक)
मित्रस्यof Mitra
मित्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
ताthose
ता:
कर्म (object of implied ‘knows/keeps’ etc.) / विशेष्य
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
वरुणस्यof Varuṇa
वरुणस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण- (प्रातिपदिक)
व्रतानिvows; ordinances; cosmic laws
व्रतानि:
कर्म/विशेष्य
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत- (प्रातिपदिक)
महत्great
महत्:
विशेषण/विधेय
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्- (प्रातिपदिक; from मह् ‘great’)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव- (प्रातिपदिक)
असुरत्वम्asura-hood; lordly power
असुरत्वम्:
कर्म/विशेष्य
TypeAbstract Noun
Rootअसुरत्व- (प्रातिपदिक; असुर + -त्व)
एकम्one; single
एकम्:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootएक- (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
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