Rig Veda 1.22.13 — Mandala 1, Sukta 22, Mantra 13
Sukta 1.22
Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva (traditional assignment for RV 1.22)
Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (Heaven-and-Earth, dual divinity)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for this section of RV 1.22)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मही द्यौः पृथिवी च न इमं यज्ञं मिमिक्षताम् । पिपृतां नो भरीमभिः ॥
Transliteration
mahī dyauḥ pṛthivī ca na imaṃ yajñaṃ mimikṣatām | pipṛtāṃ no bharīmabhiḥ ||
Translation
मही द्यौः पृथि्वी च नः इमं यज्ञं मिमिक्षताम्; पिपृतां नो भरीमभिः। अस्मान् धारकपोषकशक्तिभिः परिपूरयताम्।
Word by Word
महीgreat, mighty
मही:
Kartā (द्यौः इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमही (प्रातिपदिक) < मह्/मंह् ‘महत्त्वे/वृद्धौ’
द्यौःthe Sky (Heaven)
द्यौः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक) ‘sky, heaven’
पृथिवीthe Earth
पृथिवी:
Kartā (द्यौः सह समुच्चितः)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक) < पृथु ‘broad’
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नःof us, our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (possessive/genitival)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इमम्this
इमम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञम्sacrifice, rite
यज्ञम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) < यज् ‘यागे’
मिमिक्षताम्let the two sprinkle/strengthen (it)
मिमिक्षताम्:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमिह्/मिक्ष् (धातु) ‘सेचने/मिश्रणे, to sprinkle/mix’
पिपृताम्let the two fill/satisfy
पिपृताम्:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपॄ (धातु) ‘पूरणे, to fill/satisfy’
नःus
नः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भरीमभिःwith supports/means of sustenance (nourishing aids)
भरीमभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootभरीम (प्रातिपदिक; RV-विशिष्ट, ‘भरण/पोषण-सम्बद्ध’), + भिस्
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