Rig Veda 1.185.11: Mandala 1, Sukta 185, Mantra 11

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

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify by metrical scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इदं द्यावापृथिवी सत्यमस्तु पितर्मातर्यदिहोपब्रुवे वाम् । भूतं देवानामवमे अवोभिर्विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.185.11

Transliteration

idáṃ dyāvāpṛthivī satyám astu pitár mātár yád ihópabruvé vām | bhūtáṃ devā́nām avamé ávobhir vidyā́meṣáṃ vṛ́janaṃ jīrádānum ||

Translation

โอ้ฟ้าและแผ่นดิน—บิดาและมารดา—ขอให้สิ่งที่ข้าพเจ้ากล่าวแก่ท่าน ณ ที่นี้ เป็นความจริงเถิด. ด้วยพลังอันหล่อเลี้ยงของท่าน จงเป็นเทพผู้ใกล้ชิดที่สุดแก่เรา เพื่อให้เรารู้แรงผลักดันและหนทางแห่งชัยชนะ และรู้ผู้ให้ทานผู้ซึ่งของประทานดำรงยืนนาน.

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• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (वाक्ये ‘अस्तु’ इत्यस्य विषयः/प्रत्ययार्थः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यावापृथिवी: Heaven-and-Earth (the pair)
• द्यावापृथिवी: Kartā (अस्तु इत्यस्य कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: द्यावा-पृथिवी (द्वन्द्व-समास; द्यौ/दिव् + पृथिवी)

• सत्यम्: true; truth
• सत्यम्: Karma / Predicative complement (अस्तु इत्यस्य विधेय)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक; √अस्/सत् + -य)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

• पितः: O Father
• पितः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• मातर्: O Mother
• मातर्: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• उपब्रुवे: I address/say to
• उपब्रुवे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√ब्रू (वचने)

• वाम्: to you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna (उपब्रुवे—‘to you two’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• भूतम्: what has become; the existent
• भूतम्: Karma (विद्याम इत्यस्य)
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: भूत (कृदन्त; √भू + क्त)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (भूतम्—‘of the gods’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवमे: lowest; last; nethermost
• अवमे: Karma (भूतम् इत्यस्य विशेषणत्वेन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवोभिः: with helps; with protections
• अवोभिः: Karaṇa (सहायैः/रक्षणैः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस्/अव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘help, protection’)

• विद्याम: may we know
• विद्याम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (ज्ञाने)

• एषम्: this
• एषम्: Karma (विद्याम—‘this’ as object)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एष (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृजनम्: enclosure; community/host; (also) battle/strife (contextual)
• वृजनम्: Karma (विद्याम—object; apposition to एषम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृजन (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीरदानुम्: having an aged/long flow; with long-standing streams (epithet)
• जीरदानुम्: Karma (वृजनम् इत्यस्य विशेषणत्वेन)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: जीर-दानु (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास; जीर ‘worn/old’ + दानु ‘stream/flow; (also) demon-name’)