Rig Veda 1.57.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 57, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.57
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha Maitrāvaruṇi
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अध ते विश्वमनु हासदिष्टय आपो निम्नेव सवना हविष्मतः । यत्पर्वते न समशीत हर्यत इन्द्रस्य वज्रः श्नथिता हिरण्ययः ॥
Transliteration
ádha te víśvam ánu ha āsad iṣṭáye ā́po nimnéva sávānā haviṣmátaḥ | yát párvate ná samáśīt haryatá índrasya vájraḥ śnáthitā hiraṇyáyaḥ ||
Translation
अध ते विश्वमनु हासदिष्टय आपो निम्नेव सवना हविष्मतः। यत्पर्वते न समशीत्त हर्यत इन्द्रस्य वज्रः श्नथिता हिरण्ययः॥
Word by Word
अधthen, thereafter
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (avyaya)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronominal base त्वद्)
विश्वम्all (the whole)
विश्वम्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (prātipadika)
अनुafter, along, following
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (avyaya)
हindeed, surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (avyaya)
असदिष्टयःthe (well-)directed streams/impulses (lit. ‘right-going wishes/offerings’)
असदिष्टयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (collective/agentive epithet)
Rootसद् (dhātu) + इष्टि (prātipadika) → सदिष्टि (kṛdanta/derivative stem)
आपःthe waters
आपः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (prātipadika)
निम्नाby/like a depth, in a low place
निम्ना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनिम्न (prātipadika)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (avyaya)
सवनानिpressings (Soma-pressings), libations
सवनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसवन (prātipadika)
हविष्मतःof the oblation-bearing (worshipper)
हविष्मतः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootहविष्मत् (prātipadika)
यत्which, that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
पर्वतेon/in the mountain
पर्वते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (prātipadika)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (avyaya)
समशीःyou lay/layest (down), you rested
समशीः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootशा/शी (dhātu ‘to lie, rest’) with preverb सम्
हर्यतःof the golden/ardent one
हर्यतः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootहर्यत् (prātipadika, ‘golden/bright; eager’)
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
वज्रःthe thunderbolt
वज्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (prātipadika)
श्नथिताshattered, crushed
श्नथिता:
Kartā/Viśeṣaṇa
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Rootश्नथ् (dhātu ‘to pierce, crush, shatter’) → श्नथित (PPP)
हिरण्ययःgolden
हिरण्ययः:
Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्यय (prātipadika)
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