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Rig Veda 1.164.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.164

Rishi: dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ
Devata: viśvedevāḥ (cosmic order expressed as symbolic chariot/wheel)
Chandas: virāṭ-triṣṭubh

सप्त युञ्जन्ति रथमेकचक्रमेको अश्वो वहति सप्तनामा । त्रिनाभि चक्रमजरमनर्वं यत्रेमा विश्वा भुवनाधि तस्थुः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.164.2

saptá yuñjanti rátham éka-cakram éko áśvo vahati saptá-nāmā | trí-nābhi cakrám ájaram anárvaṃ yátre mā́ viśvā́ bhúvanā́dhi tasthúḥ ||

Seven harness the one-wheeled chariot; one steed bears it, bearing seven names. The wheel has three naves, undecaying, unbroken; upon it all these worlds are set in ordered poise.

सप्तseven
सप्त:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (Numeral)
Rootसप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *septm̥
युञ्जन्तिthey yoke / harness
युञ्जन्ति:
कर्तृ-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (युजँ) ‘योजने’
रथम्chariot
रथम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
एकचक्रम्one-wheeled
एकचक्रम्:
कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक-चक्र (समासः; एक + चक्र)
एकःone (single)
एकः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
अश्वःhorse
अश्वः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
वहतिcarries / draws
वहति:
कर्तृ-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवह् (वहँ) ‘प्रापणे/वहने’
सप्तनामाःhaving seven names
सप्तनामाः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त-नामन् (बहुव्रीहिः/कर्मधारयः; ‘सप्त नामानि यस्य’)
त्रिनाभिthree-naved (with three hubs)
त्रिनाभि:
कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि-नाभि (समासः; त्रि + नाभि)
चक्रम्wheel
चक्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootचक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अजरम्unaging
अजरम्:
कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-जर (उपसर्ग/नञ् + जर ‘aging’)
अनर्वम्unharmed / flawless
अनर्वम्:
कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्-अर्व (नञ् + अर्व/अर्वन् ‘hurt/defect’; वैदिक विशेषण)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय; य-प्रत्यय-सम्बन्ध)
इमाःthese
इमाः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वाःall
विश्वाः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनानिworlds / beings
भुवनानि:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘being, world’)
अधिupon / over
अधि:
अधिकरण (सम्बन्ध-निर्देशः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
तस्थुःhave stood / stand
तस्थुः:
कर्तृ-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (ष्ठा) ‘तिष्ठति/स्थितौ’

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