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Rig Veda 1.121.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 121, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.121

Rishi: Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa (traditional)
Devata: Ka / Prajāpati (creator-sovereign), with Indra-like vajra imagery
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

नक्षद्धवमरुणीः पूर्व्यं राट् तुरो विशामङ्गिरसामनु द्यून् । तक्षद्वज्रं नियुतं तस्तम्भद्द्यां चतुष्पदे नर्याय द्विपादे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.121.3

nákṣaddhávam aruṇī́ḥ pū́rvyaṃ rā́ṭ turó viśā́m áṅgirasām ánu dyū́n | tákṣad vájraṃ níyutaṃ tastámbhad dyā́ṃ catúṣpade naryā́ya dvípāde ||

He answered the ancient call—Arunī’s; the king, impetuous for the peoples, following the days of the Aṅgiras. He fashioned the yoked thunderbolt; he propped up heaven for the four-footed and for man, the two-footed.

नक्षत्reached; attained
नक्षत्:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (नक्ष्) / नक्ष्
हवम्invocation; call
हवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहव (प्रातिपदिक) / √ह्वे (आह्वाने) (semantic base)
अरुणीःthe ruddy (dawns/mares)
अरुणीः:
Karma (सह-कर्म/उपकर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअरुणी (प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्व्यम्ancient; former
पूर्व्यम्:
Karma (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व्य (प्रातिपदिक < पूर्व)
राट्the king; ruler
राट्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootराज्/राट् (प्रातिपदिक)
तुरःswift; impetuous
तुरः:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतुर (प्रातिपदिक)
विशाम्of the clans/peoples
विशाम्:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootविश् (प्रातिपदिक)
अङ्गिरसाम्of the Aṅgirases
अङ्गिरसाम्:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुalong; after; following
अनु:
Upapada (क्रियाविशेषण/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु
द्यून्days; day-times
द्यून्:
Karma (गत्यर्थे लक्ष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootद्युन् (प्रातिपदिक)
तक्षत्fashioned; forged
तक्षत्:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootतक्ष् (तक्षणे)
वज्रम्thunderbolt
वज्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नियुतम्yoked; harnessed; in team
नियुतम्:
Karma (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनियुत (प्रातिपदिक)
तस्तम्भत्propped; made firm; supported
तस्तम्भत्:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तम्भ् (स्तम्भने) + तस्- (augment in aorist)
द्याम्heaven; sky
द्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
Samuccaya
TypeIndeclinable
Root
चतुष्पदेfor the four-footed (creatures)
चतुष्पदे:
Sampradāna (हित/लाभ)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुष्पद् (प्रातिपदिक)
नर्यायfor manly/human (use)
नर्याय:
Sampradāna (विशेषण-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootनर्य (प्रातिपदिक < नर)
द्विपादेfor the two-footed (humans)
द्विपादे:
Sampradāna (हित/लाभ)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विपद् (प्रातिपदिक)

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