Rig Veda 8.15.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 15, Mantra 2
Sukta 8.15
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्य द्विबर्हसो बृहत्सहो दाधार रोदसी । गिरीँरज्राँ अपः स्वर्वृषत्वना ॥
Transliteration
yásya dvibárhaso bṛhát sáho dādhā́ra ródasī | girī́m̐r ájrām̐ ápaḥ svàr vṛṣatvanā́ ||
Translation
ผู้ซึ่งด้วยฤทธานุภาพอันใหญ่หลวงและทวีคูณค้ำจุนสองโลก (ฟ้าและดิน) ผู้ซึ่งด้วยอำนาจอันองอาจแห่งความเป็นเจ้า ปลดปล่อยภูผาที่ถูกยึดแน่น สายน้ำ และรัศมีแห่งสุริยภพ—นั่นแลคือพลังของอินทรา (Indra) ผู้แผ่ขยายฤตะ (ṛta) อันเป็นระเบียบสัจจะ.
Word by Word
यस्यwhose / of whom
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
द्विबर्हसःhaving double might / doubly powerful
द्विबर्हसः:
विशेषण (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootद्वि-बर्हस् (प्रातिपदिक; द्वि + बर्हस् ‘समर्थ्य/बल/उत्साह’)
बृहत्सहःof great strength
बृहत्सहः:
विशेषण (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootबृहत्-सहस् (प्रातिपदिक; बृहत् ‘महान्’ + सहस् ‘बल/पराक्रम’)
दाधारhas held / upheld
दाधार:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√धृ (धारणे)
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
कर्म
TypeNoun (dual)
Rootरोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; ‘द्यावापृथिव्यौ’ = heaven and earth)
गिरीन्mountains
गिरीन्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
अज्रान्firm / unshaken
अज्रान्:
विशेषण (कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअज्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अचल/दृढ/अविचल’)
अपःwaters
अपः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वःheaven / the sky
स्वः:
अधिकारण (goal/locative sense: ‘in/into heaven’)
TypeIndeclinable (Vedic) / Noun used adverbially
Rootस्वर्/स्वः (अव्यय/नाम; ‘स्वर्ग/दिव्’)
वृषत्वनाwith virile power / by heroic might
वृषत्वना:
करण (means: ‘by/with manly vigor’)
TypeNoun (instrumental of quality) / Adverbial
Rootवृषत्वन (प्रातिपदिक; वृषन् ‘वृषभ/वीर्यवान्’ + त्वन्/त्वन ‘शक्ति/उत्साह’)
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