Rig Veda 10.120.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 120, Mantra 7

Sukta 10.120

Rishi: Uncertain (see RV 10.120).

Devata: Protector-establisher (Indra-like), who sets higher and lower in order; linked to Heaven-and-Earth (Mothers).

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (probable).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नि तद्दधिषेऽवरं परं च यस्मिन्नाविथावसा दुरोणे । आ मातरा स्थापयसे जिगत्नू अत इनोषि कर्वरा पुरूणि ॥

Transliteration

ní tád dadhíṣe ’váraṃ páraṃ ca yásminn ā́vithā́vasā duroṇé | ā́ mā́tarā sthāpayase jigatnū́ áta inóṣi kárvarā purū́ṇi ||

Translation

നീ അത് സ്ഥാപിക്കുന്നു—താഴെയുള്ളതും മേലെയുള്ളതും—നിന്റെ രക്ഷയാൽ നീ സഹായിക്കുന്ന ആ ഗൃഹത്തിൽ. ലക്ഷ്യത്തിലേക്ക് നീങ്ങുന്ന രണ്ടു മാതാക്കളെ നീ സ്ഥാപിക്കുന്നു; അവിടെ നിന്ന് നീ അനേകം കർവര (ഇരുളുകൾ) നീക്കിത്തള്ളുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• नि: down; in; (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāman)

• दधिषे: you have placed; you have set
• दधिषे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) / दधि- (perf. stem)

• अवरम्: lower; nearer; inferior
• अवरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवर (prātipadika)

• परम्: higher; further; supreme
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (prātipadika)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (avyaya)

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (particle)

• अविथा: you helped; you favoured
• अविथा: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव (धातु) / अवि- (aorist stem)

• अवसा: with help; with aid
• अवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (prātipadika)

• दुरोणे: in the house; in the dwelling
• दुरोणे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरोण (prātipadika)

• आ: towards; unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• मातरौ: the two mothers
• मातरौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (prātipadika)

• स्थापयसे: you cause to stand; you establish
• स्थापयसे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थापय (causative stem)

• जिगत्नू: going; moving; hastening
• जिगत्नू: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → जिगत्नु (kṛdanta)

• अत: then; so; thereupon
• अत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्/अथ (particle, Vedic)

• इन्: indeed; just
• इन्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इन् (particle, emphatic)

• ओषि: you bear; you carry; you convey
• ओषि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्/ऊह्? (Vedic form) / √वह् ‘to carry’ often with preverb in RV; here finite form ओषि

• कर्वरा: (dark) enclosures; pits/caverns; obstacles (contextual)
• कर्वरा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्वर (prātipadika)

• पुरूणि: many
• पुरूणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु (prātipadika)