Rig Veda 4.54.4 — Mandala 4, Sukta 54, Mantra 4
Sukta 4.54
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional)
Devata: Savitṛ
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न प्रमिये सवितुर्दैव्यस्य तद्यथा विश्वं भुवनं धारयिष्यति । यत्पृथिव्या वरिमन्ना स्वङ्गुरिर्वर्ष्मन्दिवः सुवति सत्यमस्य तत् ॥
Transliteration
na pra-miye savitur daivyasya tad yathā viśvaṃ bhuvanaṃ dhārayiṣyati | yat pṛthivyā variman nā svaṅgurir varṣman divaḥ suvati satyam asya tat ||
Translation
Not to be measured is that of the divine Savitṛ—how he shall uphold the whole becoming; for from the wideness of earth to the summit of heaven his true impulsion goes forth: that is his truth.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
प्रमियेI/it diminishes; fails; is exhausted
प्रमिये:
Kartā (implicit ‘I/it’)
TypeVerb
Root√मि (मिनोति/मीयते) + प्र
सवितुःof Savitṛ
सवितुः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ
दैव्यस्यdivine
दैव्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective
Rootदैव्य (देव-सम्बन्धी)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (of ‘प्रमिये’) / or correl. pronoun
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
यथाas; in such a way that
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
विश्वम्all; entire
विश्वम्:
Karma (with धारयिष्यति)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व
भुवनम्world; being; realm
भुवनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन
धारयिष्यतिwill uphold; will support
धारयिष्यति:
Kartā (implicit: Savitṛ)
TypeVerb
Root√धृ (धारयति)
यत्which; that which
यत्:
Karma/rel. connector
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
पृथिव्याःof the earth
पृथिव्याः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी
वरिमन्breadth; expanse
वरिमन्:
Karma (measured/extended expanse)
TypeNoun
Rootवरिमन्
आunto; up to; fully
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ
स्वङ्गुरिःthe well-going/straight-moving one (epithet of Savitṛ)
स्वङ्गुरिः:
Kartā (of ‘सुवति’)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वङ्गुरि
वर्ष्मन्in the height; in the summit
वर्ष्मन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष्मन्
दिवःof heaven; of the sky
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव्
सुवतिimpels; sets in motion; brings forth
सुवति:
Kartā (स्वङ्गुरिः)
TypeVerb
Root√सू (सुवति)
सत्यम्truth; the true (order)
सत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसत्य
अस्यof him/this (of Savitṛ)
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (एतद्)
तत्that (indeed)
तत्:
Karma / concluding reference
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
Ask anything about this verse
A free Google sign-in keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.