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Rig Veda 1.121.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 121, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.121

Rishi: Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa (traditional)
Devata: Ka / Prajāpati (creator-power), with mythic allusions to R̥bhu and primal supports
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

स्तम्भीद्ध द्यां स धरुणं प्रुषायदृभुर्वाजाय द्रविणं नरो गोः । अनु स्वजां महिषश्चक्षत व्रां मेनामश्वस्य परि मातरं गोः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.121.2

stambhī́ddha dyā́ṃ sá dharúṇaṃ pruṣāyad ṛbhúrvājā́ya dráviṇaṃ náro góḥ | ánu svajā́ṃ mahiṣáś cakṣata vrā́ṃ ménām áśvasya pári mātáraṃ góḥ ||

स द्यां स्तम्भयित्वा धरणमाधारं च स्थापयामास; ऋभुर्गोर्नरः वाजाय द्रविणं निचचर्द। स महिषः स्वजां ददर्श; व्रां मेनामपश्यत्—गोर् मातरं, अश्वस्य गुह्यं स्रोतः, परितोऽवृणोत्।

स्तम्भीत्he propped up / made firm
स्तम्भीत्:
Kriyā (main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तम्भ् (stambh-)
द्याम्the heaven (sky)
द्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ- (prātipadika)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāman)
धरुणम्support, firm foundation
धरुणम्:
Karma (apposition to द्याम्)
TypeNoun
Rootधरुण- (prātipadika; from √धृ ‘to hold’)
प्रुषायत्he sprinkled / refreshed
प्रुषायत्:
Kriyā (co-verb)
TypeVerb
Rootप्रुष्/प्रुषाय् (Vedic; ‘to sprinkle, moisten, refresh’)
ऋभुःR̥bhu (the skillful one)
ऋभुः:
Kartā (appositional)
TypeNoun
Rootऋभु- (prātipadika; name/epithet)
वाजायfor strength / for prize (vigor)
वाजाय:
Sampradāna (purpose/benefit)
TypeNoun
Rootवाज- (prātipadika)
द्रविणम्wealth, treasure
द्रविणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्रविण- (prātipadika)
नरःmen
नरः:
Kartā (of implied action/participants)
TypeNoun
Rootनर- (prātipadika)
गोःof the cow
गोः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootगो- (prātipadika)
अनुafter, along
अनु:
Upasarga/Adverbial
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (avyaya)
स्वजाम्his own-born (kinswoman)
स्वजाम्:
Karma (object of ‘saw/recognized’)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वजा- (prātipadika; ‘self-born/own-born’, also ‘sister/kinswoman’ in Vedic contexts)
महिषःthe mighty one / buffalo (epithet)
महिषः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमहिष- (prātipadika)
चक्षतhe saw / beheld
चक्षत:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootचक्ष् (cakṣ-)
व्राम्a mare
व्राम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootव्रा- / व्रā- (prātipadika; Vedic, ‘mare’/‘she-animal’, contextually a mare)
मेनाम्Menā (name)
मेनाम्:
Karma (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootमेना- (prātipadika; proper name)
अश्वस्यof the horse
अश्वस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व- (prātipadika)
परिaround
परि:
Upasarga/Adverbial
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (avyaya)
मातरम्mother
मातरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ- (prātipadika)
गोःof the cow
गोः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootगो- (prātipadika)

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