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Rig Veda 3.54.6: Mandala 3, Sukta 54, Mantra 6

Sukta 3.54

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (implied) as the ṛta-womb; also the seer’s vision is foregrounded
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

कविर्नृचक्षा अभि षीमचष्ट ऋतस्य योना विघृते मदन्ती । नाना चक्राते सदनं यथा वेः समानेन क्रतुना संविदाने ॥

kavír nṛ-cákṣā abhí sī́m acaṣṭa ṛtásya yónā ví-ghṛte mádantī | nā́nā cakrāte sádanam yáthā véḥ samānéna krátunā saṃvidānē ||

ฤๅษีผู้มีนัยน์ตาเห็นมนุษย์ ได้เพ่งเห็นนางทั้งสอง—มารดาคู่ผู้รื่นเริงในโลกอันแผ่กว้าง ซึ่งเป็นครรภ์ (yoni) แห่ง ṛta. นางทั้งสองก่อรูปที่พำนักหลากหลายดังที่ท่านรู้; ทว่าโดย kratu เดียวกัน (เจตจำนง/ปัญญาแห่งสำนึก) นางทั้งสองก็ประสานรู้และสอดคล้องกัน

कविःthe seer/poet
कविः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक) < √कु/कव् (ज्ञाने/कवने इति व्युत्पत्तिः)
नृचक्षाःhaving man-seeing vision; discerning among men
नृचक्षाः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootनृ-चक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक; नृ ‘man’ + चक्षस् ‘sight/vision’)
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सीम्him/it (emphatic)
सीम्:
कर्म (सर्वनामार्थे) / अव्यय-प्रयोगः
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसीम् (अव्यय; एनम्/इमम्-प्रत्ययार्थकं ‘him/it’ emphatic)
अचष्टhe beheld/saw
अचष्ट:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√चक्ष् (दर्शने)
ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
योनौin the womb/seat/source
योनौ:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (प्रातिपदिक)
विघृतेin the widely-spread/streaming (seat)
विघृते:
अधिकरण
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-√घृ (दीप्तौ/स्नेहने; ‘to shine/flow’) → विघृत (कृदन्त/विशेषण)
मदन्तीrejoicing, exulting
मदन्ती:
कर्तृ (स्त्री-कर्तृ) / विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Root√मद् (हर्षे/मत्तत्वे) → शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययः
नानाvariously, in many ways
नाना:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाना (अव्यय)
चक्रातेthe two have made/formed
चक्राते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे)
सदनम्seat, abode
सदनम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसदन (प्रातिपदिक) < √सद् (सीदने)
यथाas, just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
वेःof a bird (as of a bird)
वेः:
सम्बन्ध (उपमान-षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootवे (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-प्रयोगः; ‘bird’/‘one who knows’—RV usage; here comparative ‘as a bird’)
समानॆनwith the same
समानॆन:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootसमान (प्रातिपदिक)
क्रतुनाwith resolve/insight (kratu)
क्रतुना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
संविदानेagreeing, being in accord
संविदाने:
कर्तृ
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootसम्-√विद् (ज्ञाने) → शानच् (मध्यम/आत्मनेपद-भावः)

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