Rig Veda 8.12.30: Mandala 8, Sukta 12, Mantra 30
Sukta 8.12
Devata: Indra (implied from the surrounding hymn context; power that establishes the Sun and orders the worlds)
Chandas: Gayatri (likely; needs confirmation by metrical count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यदा सूर्यममुं दिवि शुक्रं ज्योतिरधारयः । आदित्ते विश्वा भुवनानि येमिरे ॥
Transliteration
yadā sū́ryam amúṃ diví śukráṃ jyótir ádhārayaḥ | ād íd te víśvā bhúvanāni yemire ||
Translation
നീ ആ സൂര്യനെ—ശുദ്ധവും ദീപ്തവുമായ ജ്യോതിയെ—ദിവ്യാകാശത്തിൽ ദൃഢമായി സ്ഥാപിച്ചപ്പോൾ, അപ്പോൾ നിശ്ചയമായും നിന്റെ അധികാരത്തിൽ സർവ്വ ഭുവനങ്ങളും അസ്തിത്വ-സ്ഥിതികളും യഥാക്രമവും സംയമവും പ്രാപിച്ചു.
Word by Word
यदाwhen
यदा:
Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यम्the Sun
सूर्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अमुम्that (yonder)
अमुम्:
Karma (विशेषण-रूपेण सूर्यं प्रति)
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दिविin heaven / in the sky
दिवि:
Adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
शुक्रम्bright, shining
शुक्रम्:
Karma (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ज्योतिःlight
ज्योतिः:
Karma (स्थापित-वस्तु; apposition to सूर्यम्)
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अधारयःyou set/placed/held up
अधारयः:
(क्रिया) — कर्ता = त्वम् (इन्द्र/देवः) निहितः
TypeVerb
Rootधृ (धातु) + अधि- (उपसर्ग)
आदित्then, thereupon
आदित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ + इत् (निपात/अव्यय; वेदिक प्रयोग)
तेfor you / to you
ते:
Sampradāna (हित/प्राप्त्यर्थे) / सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) संदिग्ध-प्रयोग
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वाall
विश्वा:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण कर्तृपदे)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनानिworlds, beings/realms
भुवनानि:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक; √भू से)
येमिरेthey became restrained/ordered; they settled into order
येमिरे:
(क्रिया) — कर्ता = भुवनानि
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (धातु)
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Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
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