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Rig Veda 6.68.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 68, Mantra 4

Sukta 6.68

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)
Devata: Indra-Varuṇa
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ग्नाश्च यन्नरश्च वावृधन्त विश्वे देवासो नरां स्वगूर्ताः । प्रैभ्य इन्द्रावरुणा महित्वा द्यौश्च पृथिवि भूतमुर्वी ॥

Transliteration

gnā́ś ca yán náraś ca vāvṛdhánta víśve devā́so narā́ṃ sva-gū́rtāḥ | práibhya indrāvaruṇā mahitvā́ dyáuś ca pṛthivi bhūtám urvī́ ||

Translation

When the women-powers and the man-powers increase, all the gods, well-invoked, foster the human being. From them, O Indra and Varuṇa, by your greatness, Heaven and Earth become wide—widened in us as the field for the divine life.

Word by Word
ग्नाःwomen (wives)
ग्नाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootग्ना (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *gʷneh₂ ‘woman’
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
यत्when/that which
यत्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नरःmen
नरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
वावृधन्तthey have grown/they increased
वावृधन्त:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (वर्धने)
विश्वेall
विश्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
देवासःthe gods
देवासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
नराम्of men
नराम्:
—
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वगूर्ताःwell-praised / well-acclaimed
स्वगूर्ताः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + √गॄ/गॢ (गिरौ/स्तुतौ) → गूर्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
एभ्यःfrom these / to these
एभ्यः:
Apādāna (प्र- ‘from’ के साथ) / Sampradāna (सन्दर्भानुसार)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रावरुणाIndra and Varuṇa
इन्द्रावरुणा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र-वरुण (द्वन्द्व-समास प्रातिपदिक)
महित्वाby greatness / through majesty
महित्वा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमहि-त्व (भाववाचक प्रातिपदिक)
द्यौःHeaven (Dyauḥ)
द्यौः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
पृथिविEarth (Pṛthivī)
पृथिवि:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
भूतम्become / having become
भूतम्:
—
TypeParticiple
Root√भू (भवने) → भूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
उर्वीbroad, wide
उर्वी:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootउर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
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