Rig Veda 2.13.7: Mandala 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 7
Sukta 2.13
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (traditional)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यः पुष्पिणीश्च प्रस्वश्च धर्मणाधि दाने व्यवनीरधारयः । यश्चासमा अजनो दिद्युतो दिव उरुरूर्वाँ अभितः सास्युक्थ्यः ॥
Transliteration
yáḥ púṣpiṇīś ca pra-sváś ca dhármaṇā́dhi dā́ne ví avánīr ádhārayaḥ | yáś cā́samā ajáno didyúto divá urúr ū́rvāṃ abhítaḥ sá āsy ukthyáḥ ||
Translation
你依正法（dharma）、依施与而扶持那开花者与繁衍向前者，并铺展诸世界。又你使天之无比闪电得以出生，四方广大——他确是颂歌所当称述者。
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुष्पिणीःflowering/abounding (f.) [ones]
पुष्पिणीः:
Karma
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootपुष्पिन्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पुष्प’ + -इन्)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
प्रस्वःfertile/teeming (f.) [ones]
प्रस्वः:
Karma
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootप्रस्व- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्र’ + √सू/स्वा?; RV usage: ‘fertile/teeming’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
धर्मणाby law/ordinance; by established order
धर्मणा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon; over
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootअधि
दानेin the giving; in the gift (act)
दाने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदान- (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart; forth (intensifier)
वि:
—
TypePreverb
Rootवि
अवनीःearths/lands; fields
अवनीः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअवनी- (प्रातिपदिक)
अधारयःyou upheld; you supported
अधारयः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√धृ (धारणे)
यःand who
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चalso
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
असमाunequal; hostile (ones)
असमा:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअसमा- (प्रातिपदिक; a- + सम ‘unequal’)
अजनःyou generated; you produced
अजनः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनने)
दिद्युतःlightnings; flashes
दिद्युतः:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदिद्युत्- (प्रातिपदिक; from √द्युत् ‘shine’)
दिवःof heaven; from the sky
दिवः:
Apādāna (source)/Genitive relation
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्- (प्रातिपदिक)
उरुरूर्वान्the wide-expansed one; broad-thighed (epithet)
उरुरूर्वान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउरु- + ऊर्वन्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wide’ + ‘thigh/expanse’)
अभितःaround; on all sides
अभितः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभितः
सास्युक्थ्यःhymn-worthy; worthy of recitation/praise
सास्युक्थ्यः:
Kartā (as epithet of the addressed deity)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootसासि-? + उक्थ्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘praise-worthy/connected with hymn’)
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