Rig Veda 1.155.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 155, Mantra 6

Sukta 1.155

Rishi: Dīrghatamas Aucathya

Devata: Viṣṇu (with cosmic-ordering and battle motifs; possibly also a broader cosmic power framed in Viṣṇu’s vastness)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

चतुर्भिः साकं नवतिं च नामभिश्चक्रं न वृत्तं व्यतीँरवीविपत् । बृहच्छरीरो विमिमान ऋक्वभिर्युवाकुमारः प्रत्येत्याहवम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.155.6

Transliteration

caturbhiḥ sākaṃ navatiṃ ca nāmabhiś cakraṃ na vṛttaṃ vyatīn avīvipat | bṛhaccharīro vimimāna ṛkvabhir yuvākumāraḥ praty ety āhavam ||

Translation

Com quatro e com noventa nomes juntos, ele pôs em movimento a roda de muitos raios, como um círculo em rotação, lançando-a por seus cursos. De vasto corpo, medindo com os hinos dos ṛṣi, sempre jovem, nunca criança, avança para o combate.

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Word by Word

• चतुर्भिः: with four
• चतुर्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: चतुर्

• साकम्: together, in company
• साकम्: Adverbial (sahārtha)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साकम्

• नवतिम्: ninety
• नवतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (numeral)
• Root: नवति

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• नामभिः: with names
• नामभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्

• चक्रं: wheel, circle
• चक्रं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र

• न: like, as
• न: Comparator
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वृत्तम्: turned/rolled; revolving
• वृत्तम्: Karma (apposition to चक्रं)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: वृत्त (ppp of √वृत्)

• व्यतीः: crossings, traversings; successive passages
• व्यतीः: Karma
• Type: Noun (Vedic) / abstract
• Root: व्यति (from vi-ati / vy-ati, ‘passing across/through’)

• अवीविपत्: he made (it) roll/turn; he set in motion
• अवीविपत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विप् (vi-√विप्) / intensive stem

• बृहत्शरीरः: having a vast body
• बृहत्शरीरः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: बृहत् + शरीर

• विमिमानः: measuring out, meting
• विमिमानः: Kartā (co-referential)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √मा (vi-√मा)

• ऋक्वभिः: with the singers/chanters (ṛk-chanters)
• ऋक्वभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक्वन्

• युवाकुमारः: the young youth; youthful lad
• युवाकुमारः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective (compound)
• Root: युवा + कुमार

• प्रत्येति: he comes/advances toward
• प्रत्येति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (prati-√इ)

• आहवम्: battle, contest, challenge
• आहवम्: Karma (goal/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव