Rig Veda 1.65.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 65, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.65
Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa
Devata: Agni hymn context (but verse speaks generally of Devāḥ under Ṛta)
Chandas: Uncertain from excerpt; full hymn needed
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ऋतस्य देवा अनु व्रता गुर्भुवत्परिष्टिर्द्यौर्न भूम ॥
Transliteration
ṛtásya devā́ ánu vratā́ gúr bhúvat páriṣṭir dyáur na bhū́ma ||
Translation
ಋತದ ವ್ರತಗಳಂತೆ ದೇವರುಗಳು ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಅವರ ಪರಿಷ್ಠಿ—ಆವರಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಮ—ದ್ಯೌ ಮತ್ತು ಭೂಮಿಯಂತೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಭವದ ಲೋಕವನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದು ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸುವ ದೃಢ ಸೀಮೆಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.
Word by Word
ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order / truth)
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक; < √ऋ ‘to go, fit’ > ‘right order, truth’)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुafter; according to
अनु:
(क्रियाविशेषण/उपपद) — ‘following/according to’
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
व्रतानिvows; ordinances; fixed laws
व्रतानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
गुःhave gone; went
गुः:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छति) — वैदिक लिट्/परफेक्ट रूप
भुवत्being; becoming; existent
भुवत्:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (descriptive of the subject)
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootभुवत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त; √भू ‘to be, become’)
परिष्टिःthe encircling course; circuit; enclosure
परिष्टिः:
कर्तृ (समास/वाक्य में ‘द्यौः … परिष्टिः’ का विधेय/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपरि-ष्टि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘encompassing/encircling course, circuit, enclosure’)
द्यौःHeaven; the Sky
द्यौः:
कर्तृ/विषय (as subject in apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike; as
न:
उपमा/निषेध-सूचक (here: comparative ‘like/as’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
भूमEarth; the ground
भूम:
उपमान (standard of comparison)
TypeNoun
Rootभूमन्/भूमि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘earth/ground, expanse’) — वैदिक रूप ‘भूम’
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