Rig Veda 4.55.6 — Mandala 4, Sukta 55, Mantra 6
Sukta 4.55
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional)
Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī (Rodasī), with undercurrent of Budhnya/Ahi symbolism
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नू रोदसी अहिना बुध्न्येन स्तुवीत देवी अप्येभिरिष्टैः । समुद्रं न संचरणे सनिष्यवो घर्मस्वरसो नद्यो अप व्रन् ॥
Transliteration
nū rodasī ahínā budhnyéna stuvīt devī́ ápyebhir iṣṭáiḥ | samudráṃ ná saṃcáraṇe saniṣyávo gharmásvaraso nadyò apá vran ||
Translation
Now may the two Goddesses, Heaven-and-Earth, be praised with the desired offerings, with the deep-moving serpent-power from the foundation. Like rivers with the sound of heat and force, eager to win, they press forward in their course towards the ocean of being.
Word by Word
नूnow, indeed
नू:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / नूनम्
रोदसीthe two worlds (Heaven and Earth)
रोदसी:
कर्म (स्तुवीत् इत्यस्य) / सम्भाव्यं विषयः
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व-युगल ‘द्यावापृथिव्यौ’)
अहिनाwith/through the serpent (Ahi)
अहिना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअहि (प्रातिपदिक)
बुध्न्येनdeep-dwelling, of the abyss
बुध्न्येन:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootबुध्न्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बुध्न-’ से व्युत्पन्न, ‘of the deep/bottom’)
स्तुवीतmay (he) praise
स्तुवीत:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootस्तु (धातु)
देवीthe goddess
देवी:
कर्तृ (स्तुवीत् इत्यस्य) / संबोधनार्थे सम्भाव्यं
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
अप्येभिःwith watery (ones), with those of the waters
अप्येभिः:
करण
TypeIjective
Rootअप्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अप्’/‘अप्य’ ‘waters, watery’)
इष्टैःwith the desired/pleasing (ones)
इष्टैः:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootइष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √यज् → इष्ट ‘worshipped/desired/pleasing’)
समुद्रम्the ocean
समुद्रम्:
कर्म (नद्यो…अप व्रन् इत्यस्य) / लक्ष्य
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
संचरणेin the moving/roaming, in the course (of movement)
संचरणे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootसंचरण (प्रातिपदिक)
सनिष्यवःthose seeking to win/obtain
सनिष्यवः:
कर्तृ (अप व्रन् इत्यस्य) / उपमेय-समूह
TypeNoun
Rootसनिष्यु (प्रातिपदिक; desiderative/agent-noun sense ‘seeking to win/obtain’)
घर्मस्वरसःhaving hot essence; hot-sapped (streams)
घर्मस्वरसः:
कर्तृ (अप व्रन् इत्यस्य) / उपमेय-समूह
TypeNoun
Rootघर्म-स्वरस (समास; घर्म ‘heat/gharma’ + स्वरस् ‘sap/juice, essence’)
नद्यःrivers
नद्यः:
कर्तृ (अप व्रन् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootनदी (प्रातिपदिक)
अपaway, forth
अप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
व्रन्they went/flowed, they moved forth
व्रन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (धातु; वेद. लुङ्/इञ्जङ् रूप ‘व्रन्’)
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