Rig Veda 2.34.4: Mandala 2, Sukta 34, Mantra 4
Sukta 2.34
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (traditional)
Devata: Maruts (with Mitra as associated power of harmony)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पृक्षे ता विश्वा भुवना ववक्षिरे मित्राय वा सदमा जीरदानवः । पृषदश्वासो अनवभ्रराधस ऋजिप्यासो न वयुनेषु धूर्षदः ॥
Transliteration
pṛkṣé tā́ viśvā́ bhúvanā vavakṣire mitrā́ya vā sád amā́ jīrá-dānavaḥ | pṛ́ṣad-aśvāso anavabhra-rā́dhasa ṛjipyā́so ná vayúneṣu dhū́ḥ-sadaḥ ||
Translation
पृक्षे ता विश्वा भुवना ववक्षिरे मित्राय वा सदमा जीरदानवः। पृषदश्वासो अनवभ्रराधस ऋजिप्यासो न वयुनेषु धूर्षदः॥
Word by Word
पृक्षेin/at the ‘pṛkṣa’ (contact/mixture; here: in the encounter/pressing context)
पृक्षे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) / पृक्ष् (धातु, ‘सम्पर्के/संयोगे’ इत्यादि) — यहाँ नामरूप
ताःthose (they)
ताः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वाःall
विश्वाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनानिworlds, beings/realms
भुवनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक; √भू)
ववक्षिरेthey have borne/carried (have made to grow)
ववक्षिरे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वक्ष् (वक्षति; ‘वहने/वर्धने’), परस्मैपद
मित्रायfor Mitra
मित्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor/indeed
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
सदमाseat, abode, dwelling
सदमा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसद्मन्/सद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
जीरदानवःthe ‘swift-giving/quick-bestowing’ ones (epithet of the Maruts)
जीरदानवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootजीर-दानु (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास; प्रातिपदिक)
पृषदश्वासःhaving dappled/spotty horses
पृषदश्वासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपृषद्-अश्व (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
अनवभ्रराधसःwhose bounty does not fail / of unfailing generosity
अनवभ्रराधसः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअन-अपभ्र-राधस् (समास; राधस् ‘दान/समृद्धि’)
ऋजिप्यासःstraight/true in drinking (or: straight-going, eager)
ऋजिप्यासः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootऋजि-प्य (समास/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
वयुनेषुin the workings/ways, in the orderly operations
वयुनेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवयुन (प्रातिपदिक)
धूर्षदःsitting on the yoke-pole / yoked charioteers (epithet)
धूर्षदः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootधूर्षद् (प्रातिपदिक; धूर् ‘धुरी/रथधुरा’ + सद् ‘आसीन/स्थित’)
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