Rig Veda 7.99.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 99, Mantra 2
Sukta 7.99
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for Maṇḍala 7)
Devata: Viṣṇu
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न ते विष्णो जायमानो न जातो देव महिम्नः परमन्तमाप । उदस्तभ्ना नाकमृष्वं बृहन्तं दाधर्थ प्राचीं ककुभं पृथिव्याः ॥
Transliteration
ná te víṣṇo jā́yamāno ná jātó deva mahimnáḥ paramám ántam āpa | úd astabhnāḥ nā́kam ṛṣvám bṛhántam dā́dhartha prācī́ṃ kakúbhaṃ pṛthivyā́ḥ ||
Translation
ヴィシュヌよ、汝は生まれつつある時も、生まれ終えた後も、その偉大さの究極の限りに到ったことはない。汝は上に高く広大なる天を支え、また大地の東の高みと頂を堅く据えた。
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
विष्णोO Viṣṇu
विष्णो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootविष्णु
जायमानःbeing born
जायमानः:
कर्तृ (of implied ‘to be’)
TypeParticiple
Root√जन् (जनने)
नnor / not
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
जातःborn / having been born
जातः:
कर्तृ (of implied ‘to be’)
TypeParticiple
Root√जन् (जनने)
देवO god
देव:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
महिम्नःof greatness / of majesty
महिम्नः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootमहिमन्
परम्the highest (limit)
परम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपरम
अन्तम्end, boundary
अन्तम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त
आपreached, attained
आप:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√आप् (आप्नोति, प्राप्तौ)
उत्up, forth
उत्:
—
TypePreverb
Rootउत्
अस्तभ्नाःyou propped up, you supported
अस्तभ्नाः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√स्तभ् (स्तम्भने)
नाकम्heaven, firmament
नाकम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनाक
ऋष्वम्lofty, exalted
ऋष्वम्:
विशेषण (of नाकम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋष्व
बृहन्तम्great, vast
बृहन्तम्:
विशेषण (of नाकम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त्
दाधर्थyou held, you set/placed firmly
दाधर्थ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√धृ (धारणे)
प्राचीम्eastern, forward-facing
प्राचीम्:
विशेषण (of ककुभम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राचीन/प्राची
ककुभम्quarter/direction; side, flank
ककुभम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootककुभ्
पृथिव्याःof the earth
पृथिव्याः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी
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