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Rig Veda 1.154.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 154, Mantra 1

Sukta 1.154

Rishi: Dīrghatamas Āucathya (traditional for RV 1.154)
Devata: Viṣṇu
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

विष्णोर्नु कं वीर्याणि प्र वोचं यः पार्थिवानि विममे रजांसि । यो अस्कभायदुत्तरं सधस्थं विचक्रमाणस्त्रेधोरुगायः ॥

viṣṇór nu káṁ vīryā̀ṇi prá vocaṁ yáḥ pā́rthivāni vi-mámē rájāṁsi | yó áskabhāyad úttaraṁ sadhásthaṁ vi-cakramāṇás trēdhóru-gāyáḥ ||

Kini aku menyatakan kuasa-kuasa kepahlawanan Viṣṇu: dia yang mengukur hamparan bumi, dia yang menyangga kedudukan yang lebih tinggi; melangkah maju, Sang Luas-Terpuji menegakkan gerak tiga-lapis dunia-dunia dalam diri kita.

विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
नुnow; indeed
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
कम्something; (some)
कम्:
कर्म (with प्र-√वच्: ‘speak something’)
TypePronoun
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वीर्याणिheroic deeds; mighty acts
वीर्याणि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth; forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
वोचम्I proclaimed; I will utter
वोचम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (वदने)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (of विममे/अस्कभायत्/विचक्रमाणः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पार्थिवानिearthly; belonging to the earth
पार्थिवानि:
कर्म (qualifier of ‘regions’)
TypeAdjective
Rootपार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
विममेmeasured out
विममे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मा (माने/मितौ ‘to measure’)
रजांसिspaces; regions; realms
रजांसि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (of अस्कभायत्)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्कभायत्propped up; supported
अस्कभायत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√स्कभ् (स्तम्भने ‘to prop/support’)
उत्up; upward
उत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत्
उत्तरम्upper; higher
उत्तरम्:
कर्म (object with अस्कभायत्)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
सधस्थम्seat; abode; firm station
सधस्थम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसधस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
विचक्रमाणःstriding; taking wide steps
विचक्रमाणः:
कर्तृ (appositional to यः/विष्णुः)
TypeParticiple
Rootवि + √क्रम् (गत्यर्थे ‘to stride’)
त्रेधाthreefold
त्रेधा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootत्रेधा
उरुगायःwide-striding; far-going; widely praised
उरुगायः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootउरुगाय (प्रातिपदिक; उरु + गाय ‘wide-going/wide-praised’)

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