Mantra 9

Sukta 62

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्य द्विबर्हसो बृहत् सहो दाधार रोदसी । गिरींरज्रां अपः स्वऽर्वृषत्वना

IAST Transliteration

yásya dvibárhaso bṛhát sáho dādhā́ra ródasī | girī́ṃ rajrā́m apáḥ svàḥ vṛṣatvánā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whose great might, lofty and doubly exalted, hath upheld the two worlds—(who) by his bull-like force (hath dealt with) the firm mountain, the waters, and the bright heaven.

Translation

ਜਿਸ ਦੀ ਮਹਾਨ, ਉੱਚੀ ਅਤੇ ਦੋਹਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਉਤਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਨੇ ਦੋ ਲੋਕਾਂ (ਦਿਆਉ ਅਤੇ ਪૃਥਵੀ) ਨੂੰ ਧਾਰਿਆ ਹੈ; ਜੋ ਵ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਭ-ਸਮ ਬਲ ਨਾਲ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ੍ਹ ਪਹਾੜ, ਆਪः (ਜਲ) ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਮਾਨ ਸ੍ਵਰ् (ਸੁਰਗ) ਨੂੰ ਥਾਂਮਦਾ/ਸਥਿਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• द्विबर्हसः: two-buttressed / having two supports
• द्विबर्हसः: कर्तृ (विशेषण-कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि-बर्हस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having two supports/props’)

• बृहत्: great, vast
• बृहत्: कर्तृ (विशेषण-कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहः: might, power
• सहः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दाधार: has held / upheld
• दाधार: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धारणे)

• रोदसी: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• रोदसी: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; द्यावा-पृथिव्यौ)

• गिरीन्: mountains
• गिरीन्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अज्रान्: unbroken, firm, unshaken
• अज्रान्: कर्म (विशेषण-कर्मसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अज्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपः: waters
• अपः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वः: in heaven / the sky
• स्वः: अधिकरण (लक्ष्य/स्थानार्थक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (अव्यय/निपात; ‘heaven, sky’)

• वृषत्वना: by (his) bull-like strength / virile power
• वृषत्वना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषत्वन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bull-like might/virility’)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived (AV 20 reprise); r̥ṣi follows the RV source attribution.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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