Rig Veda 2.28.8: Mandala 2, Sukta 28, Mantra 8
Sukta 2.28
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
Devata: Varuṇa
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नमः पुरा ते वरुणोत नूनमुतापरं तुविजात ब्रवाम । त्वे हि कं पर्वते न श्रितान्यप्रच्युतानि दूळभ व्रतानि ॥
Transliteration
námaḥ purā́ te varuṇóta nū́nám utā́paraṃ tuvi-jāta bravāma | tvé hí kaṃ párvate ná śritā́ny ápra-cyutāni dūḷábha vratā́ni ||
Translation
伐楼那啊，昔日我向你致敬，如今亦然，来日复当如是；强生者啊，我如是陈说。因为在你之中，如同在山岳之上，安置着不动摇、难以违犯的誓法（vratá），坚固而难破。
Word by Word
नमःobeisance, homage
नमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पुराformerly, before
पुरा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
तेof you, your
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वरुणO Varuṇa
वरुण:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (अव्यय)
नूनम्now, indeed
नूनम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम् (अव्यय)
उतand also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (अव्यय)
अपरम्another (thing), further
अपरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर (प्रातिपदिक)
तुbut, indeed
तु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
विजातO wide-born/strong-born one (epithet)
विजात:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootतु-विजात (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रवामwe two speak, we utter
ब्रवाम:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
त्वेin you
त्वे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हिfor, indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
कम्what (thing)?
कम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रश्न/अनिश्चित-प्रातिपदिक)
पर्वतेon/in a mountain
पर्वते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
श्रितानिresting, supported
श्रितानि:
Kartā (विशेष्य-सम्बन्धेन)
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootश्रि (धातु) → श्रित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
अप्रच्युतानिunfallen, unshaken
अप्रच्युतानि:
Kartā (विशेष्य-सम्बन्धेन)
TypeAdjective
Rootच्युत (कृदन्त) with नञ्-प्रत्यय ‘अ-’
दूळभO hard-to-approach (one)
दूळभ:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeAdjective
Rootदूळभ/दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक; वेद-रूप)
व्रतानिvows, ordinances, sacred laws
व्रतानि:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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