Rig Veda 4.17.2: Mandala 4, Sukta 17, Mantra 2
Sukta 4.17
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तव त्विषो जनिमन्रेजत द्यौ रेजद्भूमिर्भियसा स्वस्य मन्योः । ऋघायन्त सुभ्वः पर्वतास आर्दन्धन्वानि सरयन्त आपः ॥
Transliteration
táva tviṣó jániman rejata dyáu rejád bhū́mir bhiyásā svásya mányoḥ | ṛghā́yanta subhvàḥ पर्वatāsa ā́rdan dhánvāni sárayante ā́paḥ ||
Translation
汝の燃え立つ威光が生まれるとき、天は震え、大地は汝自身の憤怒を畏れて揺れた。高き山々は戦き、乾いた地は潤され、水は奔り出た――汝の力が起こり、世界を真理へと動かすとき。
Word by Word
तवof you / your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
त्विषःof (your) splendour / might
त्विषः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootत्विष् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक ‘splendour, might’)
जनिमन्the begetting / birth (act of generating)
जनिमन्:
कर्तृ (रेजत् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootजनिमन् (नपुं. प्रातिपदिक ‘birth, begetting; origin’)
रेजत्shook / made tremble
रेजत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√रेज् (कम्पने ‘to tremble, shake’)
द्यौःthe heaven
द्यौः:
कर्तृ (रेजत्—द्वितीय-समुच्चयः) / अथवा सहकर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक ‘sky, heaven’)
रेजत्shook / trembled
रेजत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√रेज्
भूमिःthe earth
भूमिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक ‘earth’)
भियसाwith fear / from fear
भियसा:
करण (हेतु/साधन-भावे: ‘with/through fear’)
TypeNoun (instrumental used adverbially)
Rootभियस्/भियसा (नपुं./अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग; ‘fear’)
स्वस्यof his own / of its own
स्वस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘own’)
मन्योःof (his) wrath
मन्योः:
सम्बन्ध (भियसा—कस्य? स्वस्य मन्योः)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्यु (पुं. प्रातिपदिक ‘wrath, fury’)
ऋघायन्तthey roared / raged
ऋघायन्त:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√ऋघाय् (वैदिक धातु ‘to rage/roar; be violent’)
सुभ्वःthe strong ones / the well-formed (ones)
सुभ्वः:
कर्तृ (ऋघायन्त इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसुभ्व (पुं. प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक ‘good/strong, well-formed’; here as epithet)
पर्वतासःthe mountains
पर्वतासः:
कर्तृ (ऋघायन्त—समुच्चयः)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (पुं. प्रातिपदिक ‘mountain’)
आर्दन्they shook / battered
आर्दन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अर्द् (हिंसागत्योः ‘to press, strike, shake’)
धन्वानिthe deserts / dry tracts
धन्वानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootधन्वन् (नपुं. प्रातिपदिक ‘waste, desert; dry tract’)
सरयन्तthey caused to flow / they streamed
सरयन्त:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√सृ (गत्यर्थ ‘to flow, run’) + caus./denom. सरय- (वैदिक ‘to set in motion, make flow’)
आपःthe waters
आपः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootआप् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक ‘waters’)
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