Rig Veda 1.185.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 185, Mantra 4
Sukta 1.185
Rishi: Traditionally attributed to an early seer of the Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (Heaven-and-Earth) cycle in RV 1.185 (exact rishi varies by tradition; not supplied in input)
Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī (Heaven-and-Earth as paired cosmic powers)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify by metrical scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अतप्यमाने अवसावन्ती अनु ष्याम रोदसी देवपुत्रे । उभे देवानामुभयेभिरह्नां द्यावा रक्षतं पृथिवी नो अभ्वात् ॥
Transliteration
átapyamāne avásāvantī ánu ṣyāma ródasī deváputre | ubhé devā́nām ubháyebhir áhnāṃ dyā́vā rakṣataṃ pṛthivī no ábhvāt ||
Translation
अतप्यमाने अवसावन्ती देवपुत्रे रोदसी अनु ष्याम। उभे देवानाम् उभयेभिरह्नां; द्यावापृथिवी नोऽभ्वात् रक्षतम्।
Word by Word
अतप्यमानेbeing heated / glowing
अतप्यमाने:
विशेषण (कर्तृपद-सम्बन्धः: ‘रोदसी’)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Root√तप् (तप्) / प्रातिपदिक: तप्यमान-
अवसावन्तीpossessing protection; protective
अवसावन्ती:
विशेषण (कर्तृपद-सम्बन्धः)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रातिपदिक: अवसावन्त- (अवस् ‘help, protection’ + वन्त)
अनुalong; after
अनु:
उपसर्ग/सम्बन्धसूचक (गत्यर्थे ‘along/after’)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअनु
ष्यामmay we abide / may we follow
ष्याम:
कर्तृ (वयं) — क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√श्यै/√शी (Vedic: ‘to lie/rest/abide’; desiderative/optative nuance in context)
रोदसीthe two worlds: Heaven and Earth
रोदसी:
कर्म/आधार (ययोः अनुगमनम्)
TypeNoun (dual collective)
Rootप्रातिपदिक: रोदसी- (द्वन्द्व/द्विवचन-शब्दः ‘heaven-and-earth’)
देवपुत्रेO god-born ones (Heaven and Earth)
देवपुत्रे:
सम्बोधन (रोदसी प्रति)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootप्रातिपदिक: देवपुत्र-
उभेboth
उभे:
विशेषण (द्यावा/पृथिवी)
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootप्रातिपदिक: उभ-
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी: ‘of the gods’)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रातिपदिक: देव-
उभयेभिःwith both (kinds)
उभयेभिः:
करण/सह (तृतीया: ‘with/by both’)
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootप्रातिपदिक: उभय-
अह्नाम्of days (day-times)
अह्नाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी: ‘of days’)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रातिपदिक: अहन्-
द्यावाHeaven (in the dual pair)
द्यावा:
कर्ता (रक्षतम् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रातिपदिक: द्याव्-
रक्षतम्protect (you two)!
रक्षतम्:
क्रिया (सम्बोधन-कर्तृ: द्यावापृथिवी)
TypeVerb
Root√रक्ष्
पृथिवीEarth (in the dual pair)
पृथिवी:
कर्ता (रक्षतम् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रातिपदिक: पृथिवी-
नःus; our
नः:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (रक्षणस्य लाभार्थी)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्-
अभ्वात्from danger / from harm
अभ्वात्:
अपादान (यतः रक्षणम्)
TypeNoun
Rootअभ्व- (प्रातिपदिक: ‘harm, danger, monster-like evil’)
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