Rig Veda 6.52.1: Mandala 6, Sukta 52, Mantra 1
Sukta 6.52
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition (Mandala 6 affiliation; hymn to Viśve Devāḥ)
Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (All the Gods) with polemical focus against the brahma-dviṣ (hater of sacred word) across the hymn
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (dominant in Mandala 6; this verse conforms to triṣṭubh cadence)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न तद्दिवा न पृथिव्यानु मन्ये न यज्ञेन नोत शमीभिराभिः । उब्जन्तु तं सुभ्वः पर्वतासो नि हीयतामतियाजस्य यष्टा ॥
Transliteration
ná tád divā́ ná pṛthivyā́ ánu manye ná yajñéna nóta śamī́bhir ābhíḥ | ubjántu táṃ subhvàḥ párvatāso ní hīyatām atiyā́jasya yaṣṭā́ ||
Translation
われはそれを、天の高さによっても、地の広がりによっても量らぬ。祭式のかたちによっても、またこれら鎮めの行によっても（量らぬ）。堅固にして光輝ある諸力――山々のごときもの――よ、かの者を押し伏せよ。過度に祭をなす過祭者、迷える供犠者は退き落ち、その力は削がれよ。
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (of मन्ये) / विषय
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
दिवाby day; in the daytime
दिवा:
Adhikaraṇa (काल/अवस्था) / क्रियाविशेषण
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (दिव्/द्यौः)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
पृथिव्याfrom the earth / of the earth
पृथिव्या:
Apādāna (abl.) / सम्बन्ध (gen.)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी
अनुafter; along; according to
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु
मन्येI think; I deem
मन्ये:
Kartā (अहम्)
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (मन्यते)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
यज्ञेनby sacrifice
यज्ञेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
उतand; also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
शमीभिःwith pacifications/appeasements (ritual acts)
शमीभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशमी
आभिःwith these
आभिः:
Karaṇa (सह) / विशेषण
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (एतद्-प्रत्ययः)
उब्जन्तुlet them press down; crush
उब्जन्तु:
Kartā (पर्वतासः)
TypeVerb
Rootउब्ज्
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
सुभ्वःwell-founded/firm; strongly-set
सुभ्वः:
Kartā (विशेषण of पर्वतासः)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुभ्व (सु+भ्व) / सुभ्वन्
पर्वतासःmountains
पर्वतासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत
निdown; away
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि
हीयताम्let (it) be abandoned; let (him) fall away
हीयताम्:
— (impersonal/passive)
TypeVerb
Rootहा (हीयते)
अतियाजस्यof the over-sacrificer / excessive sacrificer
अतियाजस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअतियाज (अति+याज)
यष्टाthe sacrificer; the one who offers
यष्टा:
Kartā (understood) / विषय
TypeAgent noun
Rootयज् (यष्टृ)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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Chanting Notes
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