Rig Veda 10.173.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 173, Mantra 2
Sukta 10.173
Devata: Royal/Sovereign principle; Indra invoked as archetype of steadfast power
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इहैवैधि माप च्योष्ठाः पर्वत इवाविचाचलिः । इन्द्र इवेह ध्रुवस्तिष्ठेह राष्ट्रमु धारय ॥
Transliteration
iháivédhi mā́pa cyoṣṭhāḥ párvata ivā́vi-cācaliḥ | índra ivehá dhruvás tiṣṭhehá rāṣṭrám u dhāraya ||
Translation
Here, indeed, establish thyself; fall not away. Like a mountain, unshaking—like Indra, stand firm here; and here uphold the realm, the ordered sovereignty of the being.
Word by Word
इहhere
इह:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed, just
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
एधिbe prosperous / thrive
एधि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइध् (इध्/एध्) ‘वर्धने, समृद्धौ’
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध-निपात)
अपaway, off
अप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
च्योष्ठाःslip/move away
च्योष्ठाः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootच्युत् (√च्यु ‘चलने, पतने’) → च्योष्ठा (परस्मैपद-आदेश/वेदिक रूप)
पर्वतःa mountain
पर्वतः:
कर्तृ (उपमान-कर्तृ) / उपमान
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
अविचाचलिःyou have not shaken / you did not waver
अविचाचलिः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootचल् (√चल् ‘कम्पने/चलने’) + वि- (उपसर्ग) ; वेदिक परिपूर्ण/आवृत्ति-रूप ‘चाचलि’
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ (उपमान-कर्तृ) / उपमान
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
इहhere
इह:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
ध्रुवःfirm, fixed
ध्रुवः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
तिष्ठstand
तिष्ठ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (√स्था ‘स्थितौ’)
इहhere
इह:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
राष्ट्रम्kingdom, realm
राष्ट्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed, moreover
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
धारयhold, uphold
धारय:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधृ (√धृ ‘धारणे’)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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