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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

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

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

चतुर्भिः साकं नवतिं च नामभिः स बह्वारं चक्रं वृत्तमिव प्रवर्तयामास, मार्गेषु व्यतीरयत्। बृहच्छरीरः ऋक्वभिः स्तुतिभिर्विमिमानः सदा युवाकुमारो न कदाचिद् बालः, आहवं प्रत्येति।

चतुर्भिःwith four
चतुर्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootचतुर्
साकम्together, in company
साकम्:
Adverbial (sahārtha)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाकम्
नवतिम्ninety
नवतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootनवति
and
:
Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Root
नामभिःwith names
नामभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्
चक्रंwheel, circle
चक्रं:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचक्र
like, as
:
Comparator
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वृत्तम्turned/rolled; revolving
वृत्तम्:
Karma (apposition to चक्रं)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootवृत्त (ppp of √वृत्)
व्यतीःcrossings, traversings; successive passages
व्यतीः:
Karma
TypeNoun (Vedic) / abstract
Rootव्यति (from vi-ati / vy-ati, ‘passing across/through’)
अवीविपत्he made (it) roll/turn; he set in motion
अवीविपत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√विप् (vi-√विप्) / intensive stem
बृहत्शरीरःhaving a vast body
बृहत्शरीरः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootबृहत् + शरीर
विमिमानःmeasuring out, meting
विमिमानः:
Kartā (co-referential)
TypeParticiple
Root√मा (vi-√मा)
ऋक्वभिःwith the singers/chanters (ṛk-chanters)
ऋक्वभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऋक्वन्
युवाकुमारःthe young youth; youthful lad
युवाकुमारः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective (compound)
Rootयुवा + कुमार
प्रत्येतिhe comes/advances toward
प्रत्येति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√इ (prati-√इ)
आहवम्battle, contest, challenge
आहवम्:
Karma (goal/object)
TypeNoun
Rootआहव

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