Rig Veda 8.20.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 20, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.20
Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वि द्वीपानि पापतन्तिष्ठद्दुच्छुनोभे युजन्त रोदसी । प्र धन्वान्यैरत शुभ्रखादयो यदेजथ स्वभानवः ॥
Transliteration
ví dvīpā́ni pā́patan tíṣṭhad ducchúnobhé yujanta ródasī | prá dhánvāny airata śubhra-khādayo yád éjatha sva-bhānavaḥ ||
Translation
汝らが奔りうねるとき、島々・大地は大きく投げ開かれ、立つものさえ汝らの激しき突進に揺さぶられる。汝らは二つの世界（天地、rodasī）を轭して結び合わせる。光もて裂き開く者たちよ、汝らが自ら輝く力（svabhānu）にて震えるとき、広き空間を押しひらく。
Word by Word
विapart, asunder, forth
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय
द्वीपानिislands; (lit.) two-waters/landmasses
द्वीपानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्वीप (प्रातिपदिक)
पापतन्तिthey fly/fall, they dart
पापतन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (पतति) धातु
तिष्ठत्standing; staying
तिष्ठत्:
Kartā (सहायक/विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootस्था (तिष्ठति) धातु
दुच्छुनोभेboth (things) of ill-omen/evil distress
दुच्छुनोभे:
Karma
TypeAdjective (dual)
Rootदुच्छुन (प्रातिपदिक) + उभ (उभौ)
युजन्तेthey yoke; they join
युजन्ते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (युनक्ति/युञ्जते) धातु
रोदसीthe two worlds: Heaven and Earth
रोदसी:
Karma
TypeNoun (dual fixed)
Rootरोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व: द्यावा-पृथिवी)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय
धन्वानिwastes, deserts, dry tracts
धन्वानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधन्वन्/धन्व (प्रातिपदिक)
ऐरतhe/it set in motion; impelled; stirred
ऐरत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootईर्/इर् (ईरयति/ईरते) धातु
शुभ्रखादयःthe bright-biting/bright-devouring ones (epithet)
शुभ्रखादयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootशुभ्रखादि (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास: शुभ्र + खादि)
यत्when; that which
यत्:
—
TypePronoun/Conjunction
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
एजथyou move; you tremble; you stir
एजथ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइज्/एज् (एजति) धातु
स्वभानवःself-luminous ones; having their own radiance
स्वभानवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootस्वभानु (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + भानु)
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