Rig Veda 4.56.3 — Mandala 4, Sukta 56, Mantra 3
Sukta 4.56
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional)
Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī with an implied creator power (often Indra/Agni/Viśvakarman-like function)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स इत्स्वपा भुवनेष्वास य इमे द्यावापृथिवी जजान । उर्वी गभीरे रजसी सुमेके अवंशे धीरः शच्या समैरत् ॥
Transliteration
sá ít svapā́ bhuvaneṣv āsa yá imé dyāvāpṛthivī́ jajā́na | urvī́ gabhīré rájasī suméke avaṃśé dhīráḥ śácyā sám airat ||
Translation
Ele, em verdade, o obreiro perfeito, esteve presente nos mundos — ele que gerou este Céu e esta Terra. Amplas e profundas são as duas regiões luminosas, bem firmadas; na linhagem ininterrupta, o vidente, por sua força eficaz (śacī), pô-las em harmonia.
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
स्वपाःgood protector; well-working/skillful (protector)
स्वपाः:
कर्तृ (सः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसु- + पा (√पा ‘to protect’) → स्वपा (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनेषुin the worlds
भुवनेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
आसwas
आस:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस् ‘to be’
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (संबन्ध-सर्वनाम)
इमेthese (two)
इमे:
कर्म (जजान इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम)
द्यावापृथिवीHeaven and Earth
द्यावापृथिवी:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootद्यावा-पृथिवी (द्वन्द्व-समास, प्रातिपदिक)
जजानbegot, generated
जजान:
—
TypeVerb
Root√जन् ‘to beget, produce’
उर्वीwide, vast
उर्वी:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootउर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
गभीरेdeep
गभीरे:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootगभीर (प्रातिपदिक)
रजसीthe two realms/spaces (mid-regions)
रजसी:
कर्म (समैरत् इत्यस्य; ‘the two regions/spaces’)
TypeNoun
Rootरजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सु-मेकेwell-fixed, firmly set
सु-मेके:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootसु + मेक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘stake/peg; fixed point’, वैदिक) → सुमेक
अवंशेin the lineage/branch (of descent)
अवंशे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootअव-वंश (प्रातिपदिक; ‘descent/lineage; branch’, वैदिक)
धीरःthe wise one
धीरः:
कर्तृ (समैरत् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootधीर (प्रातिपदिक)
शच्याwith power/skill
शच्या:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootशची (प्रातिपदिक; ‘power, skill’), instr. sg.
समैरत्set in order; fitted/arranged; impelled
समैरत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + √ईर्/√इर् (वैदिक ‘to set in motion, to impel; to fit/arrange’)
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