Rig Veda 3.56.3 — Mandala 3, Sukta 56, Mantra 3
Sukta 3.56
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (family attribution for Maṇḍala 3)
Devata: A triple-aspect sovereign Bull-power (often interpretable as a solar/ṛta lord or creative Indra-like force in unitive form)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्रिपाजस्यो वृषभो विश्वरूप उत त्र्युधा पुरुध प्रजावान् । त्र्यनीकः पत्यते माहिनावान्त्स रेतोधा वृषभः शश्वतीनाम् ॥
Transliteration
tri-pā́jasyo vṛṣabhó viśvarū́pa utá tri-udhā́ purudhá prajā́vān | tri-anī́kaḥ patyate mā́hināvān sá reto-dhā́ vṛṣabháḥ śáśvatīnām ||
Translation
三重の輝きをもつ雄牛、万象の姿を具え、また三重の智慧をもって多様に、生成に満ちている。三つの面をもつ彼は大いなる威力で統べる。種子を保持するその雄牛こそ、永遠なるものどもの主である。
Word by Word
त्रिपाजस्यःthreefold-strong / having three strengths
त्रिपाजस्यः:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण कर्तृपदस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रिपाजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषभःthe bull (mighty one)
वृषभः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वरूपःall-formed, of every form
विश्वरूपः:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
त्र्युधाin three ways
त्र्युधा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootत्रि + उधा (अव्ययीभाव)
पुरुधin many ways, manifoldly
पुरुध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरुधा/पुरुध् (अव्यय, वैदिक)
प्रजावान्possessing offspring, fruitful
प्रजावान्:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रजा + वत् (प्रजावत् प्रातिपदिक)
त्र्यनीकःthree-faced / three-fronted
त्र्यनीकः:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्र्यनीक (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + अनीक)
पत्यतेhe rushes/soars
पत्यते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु; ‘to fly/fall’ → ‘to rush/soar’), आत्मनेपद
माहिनावान्endowed with greatness/might
माहिनावान्:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमाहिनावत् (प्रातिपदिक; महिमन्/माहिना ‘might’ + वत्)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रेतोधाःseed-placing, bestower of seed
रेतोधाः:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeNoun (agentive) / Adjective
Rootरेतोधा (प्रातिपदिक; रेतस् + धा ‘placing/holding’)
वृषभःthe bull, the strong one
वृषभः:
Kartā (पुनरुक्त-उपपत्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
शश्वतीनाम्of the everlasting (ones), of the continual (streams/hosts)
शश्वतीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun
Rootशश्वती (प्रातिपदिक; शश्वत् ‘ever, continual’ → स्त्री)
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