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Rig Veda 1.164.24Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Mantra 24

Sukta 1.164

Rishi: Dīrghatamas Āucathya
Devata: Vāc/Chandas (speech and meter as cosmic powers)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

गायत्रेण प्रति मिमीते अर्कमर्केण साम त्रैष्टुभेन वाकम् । वाकेन वाकं द्विपदा चतुष्पदाक्षरेण मिमते सप्त वाणीः ॥

gāyatréṇa práti mimīte arkám arkéṇa sā́ma traiṣṭúbhena vākám | vākéna vākáṃ dvipádā́ cátuṣpadā́kṣáreṇa mimate saptá vā́ṇīḥ ||

ด้วยคายาตรี (Gāyatrī) เขาวัดบทสรรเสริญ (arka); ด้วยบทสรรเสริญเขาวัดบทขับสāman (sāman); ด้วยตรีษฏุภ (Triṣṭubh) เขาวัดวาจาที่เปล่งออก (vāc). ด้วยวาจาเขาวัดวาจา—ทั้งแบบสองเท้าและสี่เท้า; และด้วยพยางค์อันไม่เสื่อม (akṣara) เขาทั้งหลายวัดพลังแห่งวาจาทั้งเจ็ด.

गायत्रेणwith/by the Gāyatrī (metre)
गायत्रेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootगायत्र (प्रातिपदिक) < गायत्री
प्रतिtowards; in return; correspondingly
प्रति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (अव्यय)
मिमीतेmeasures
मिमीते:
TypeVerb
Root√मा (माने/मितौ) ‘to measure’
अर्कम्the hymn/chant (arká)
अर्कम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्केणwith/by the hymn (arká)
अर्केण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
सामthe Sāman-chant
साम:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
त्रैष्टुभेनwith/by the Triṣṭubh (metre)
त्रैष्टुभेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootत्रैष्टुभ (प्रातिपदिक) < त्रिष्टुभ्
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
वाकम्speech; utterance
वाकम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘speech, utterance’
वाकेनwith/by speech
वाकेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
वाकम्speech (another utterance)
वाकम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
द्विपदाtwo-footed; having two pādas
द्विपदा:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootद्विपद् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘two-footed; of two pādas’
चतुष्पदाfour-footed; having four pādas
चतुष्पदा:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुष्पद् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘four-footed; of four pādas’
अक्षरेणwith/by a syllable
अक्षरेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअक्षर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘syllable; imperishable’
मिमतेthey measure
मिमते:
TypeVerb
Root√मा (माने/मितौ) ‘to measure’
सप्तseven
सप्त:
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्त (संख्या)
वाणीःvoices; utterances
वाणीः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवाणी (प्रातिपदिक) < √वच्

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