Rig Veda 2.27.9: Mandala 2, Sukta 27, Mantra 9

Sukta 2.27

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (traditional)

Devata: Ādityas (collective)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्री रोचना दिव्या धारयन्त हिरण्ययाः शुचयो धारपूताः । अस्वप्नजो अनिमिषा अदब्धा उरुशंसा ऋजवे मर्त्याय ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 2.27.9

Transliteration

trī́ rocánā divyā́ dhārayanta hiraṇyáyāḥ śúcayo dhā́ra-pūtāḥ | ásvapnajo ani-míṣā ádabdhā uru-śáṃsā ṛjáve mártyāya ||

Translation

They uphold the three divine luminous realms—golden, pure, clarified in their flow. Unborn of sleep, unblinking, unfailing, wide in their beneficence, they are for the straight-going mortal a vast field of praise and help.

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Word by Word

• त्री: three
• त्री: विशेषण (कर्तृ/कर्म-सम्बन्धी)
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• रोचनाः: luminous realms / lights
• रोचनाः: कर्म (धा-क्रिया का)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोचना (प्रातिपदिक; √रुच् ‘दीप्तौ’ से)

• दिव्याः: heavenly, divine
• दिव्याः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक; दिव् ‘द्युतौ/स्वर्गे’ से)

• धारयन्त: they uphold / they support
• धारयन्त: क्रिया (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धारणे)

• हिरण्ययाः: golden
• हिरण्ययाः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यय (प्रातिपदिक; हिरण्य ‘gold’ + -य)

• शुचयः: pure, bright
• शुचयः: कर्तृ (धारयन्त के)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)

• धारपूताः: purified/cleansed by the stream (of libation)
• धारपूताः: कर्तृ (धारयन्त के)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: धारपूत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘धार’ + ‘पूत’ (√पू ‘पवने/शोधने’ क्त))

• अस्वप्नजः: unborn of sleep / sleepless
• अस्वप्नजः: कर्तृ (धारयन्त के)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्वप्नज (प्रातिपदिक; a- + स्वप्न + ज ‘born’, √जन्)

• अनिमिषाः: unblinking
• अनिमिषाः: कर्तृ (धारयन्त के)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिमिष (प्रातिपदिक; a- + निमिष ‘blink’)

• अदब्धाः: unharmed, unbeguiled
• अदब्धाः: कर्तृ (धारयन्त के)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदब्ध (प्रातिपदिक; a- + दब्ध ‘deceived/overcome’, √दभ्/दम्भ्)

• उरुशंसाः: of wide/great renown; widely praised
• उरुशंसाः: कर्तृ (धारयन्त के)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (bahuvrīhi-like epithet)
• Root: उरुशंस (प्रातिपदिक; उरु ‘wide, great’ + शंस ‘praise’, √शंस्)

• ऋजवे: for the upright/straight
• ऋजवे: सम्प्रदान (हितार्थे: ‘for the straight/upright one’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ऋजु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मर्त्याय: for the mortal (man)
• मर्त्याय: सम्प्रदान (हितार्थे: ‘for the mortal’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)