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Rig Veda 4.55.2: Mandala 4, Sukta 55, Mantra 2

Sukta 4.55

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (probable; verify per Anukramaṇī for 4.55)
Devata: Collective deities/ordainers (likely Ādityas or cosmic powers of ṛta; verse is descriptive rather than directly vocative)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

प्र ये धामानि पूर्व्याण्यर्चान्वि यदुच्छान्वियोतारो अमूराः । विधातारो वि ते दधुरजस्रा ऋतधीतयो रुरुचन्त दस्माः ॥

pra ye dhāmāni pūrvyāṇy arcān vi yad ucchān vi-yotāro amūrāḥ | vi-dhātāro vi te dadhur ajasrā ṛta-dhītayo rurucanta dasmāḥ ||

Họ tiến ra, cất lời ca về những chỗ đặt để từ thuở xưa; khi họ trỗi dậy, những kẻ phân định thấy rõ đã mở các nẻo đường, không lầm lạc. Những bậc an bài đã đặt chúng vào từng vị trí riêng—không ngừng, tư duy về ṛta, các đấng kỳ diệu bừng sáng.

प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma)
धामानिabodes, ordinances, stations
धामानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधामन् (prātipadika)
पूर्व्याणिformer, ancient
पूर्व्याणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व्य (adj. prātipadika)
अर्चान्they praised, they sang
अर्चान्:
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च् (dhātu)
अनुafter, along, in accordance
अनु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (upasarga/avyaya)
यत्which, what
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
उच्छान्rising up, springing forth
उच्छान्:
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-शा/शि (dhātu; Vedic form)
वियोतारःseparators, disjoiners
वियोतारः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवि-योतृ (prātipadika; agent noun from √यु/√योज ‘separate/unyoke’)
अमूराःunbewildered, not foolish
अमूराः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअमूर (adj. prātipadika; a-mūra)
विधातारःdisposers, ordainers
विधातारः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवि-धातृ (prātipadika; agent noun from √धा ‘set, arrange’)
विapart, asunder, widely
वि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (upasarga)
तेof you, your
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (sarvanāma)
दधुःthey have set/placed
दधुः:
TypeVerb
Rootधा (dhātu)
अजस्राःunceasing, continual
अजस्राः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअजस्र (adj. prātipadika)
ऋतधीतयःthose whose thought is on ṛta; true-minded insights
ऋतधीतयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋत-धीति (prātipadika; tatpuruṣa)
रुरुचन्तthey shone forth, gleamed
रुरुचन्त:
TypeVerb
Rootरुच् (dhātu)
दस्माःwondrous, marvelous
दस्माः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootदस्म (adj. prātipadika)

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