Rig Veda 2.35.2: Mandala 2, Sukta 35, Mantra 2
Sukta 2.35
Rishi: Gṛtsamada
Devata: Apāṃ Napāt
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इमं स्वस्मै हृद आ सुतष्टं मन्त्रं वोचेम कुविदस्य वेदत् । अपां नपादसुर्यस्य मह्ना विश्वान्यर्यो भुवना जजान ॥
Transliteration
imáṃ svásmai hṛdá ā́ sutáṣṭaṃ mántraṃ vocema kúvid asyá védat | apā́ṃ nápād asúryasya máhnā víśvāny aryó bhúvanā jajāna ||
Translation
这由心中精心锻成的圣颂，我等为他而宣说——他可会知晓？阿帕姆·纳帕特（Apām Napāt，水之子）以其主宰般威能之广大，在万有诸界之中，作为高贵的主者，使一切世界诞生。
Word by Word
इमम्this (hymn/one)
इमम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वस्मैfor him (for his own)
स्वस्मै:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हृदःfrom (the) heart
हृदः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
आforth, to
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
सुतष्टम्well-fashioned
सुतष्टम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootसु-तष्ट (कृदन्त; √तक्ष् ‘to fashion, carve’)
मन्त्रम्hymn, sacred formula
मन्त्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वःfor you (pl.)
वः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वोचेमmay we speak / let us utter
वोचेम:
कर्तृ (वक्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (to speak)
कुवित्whether indeed? perhaps?
कुवित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकु + वित् (निपात; प्रश्नार्थ/संशयार्थ)
अस्यof him/this
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वेदत्may he know / will he perceive
वेदत्:
कर्तृ (ज्ञाता)
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (to know)
अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
नपात्offspring, son (Apām Napāt)
नपात्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootनपात् (प्रातिपदिक)
असुर्यस्यof the lordly (power)
असुर्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootअसुर्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘asuric/Asura-like, lordly’)
मह्नाby (his) greatness/might
मह्ना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमघन्/मह्न् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘might, greatness’)
विश्वानिall (things)
विश्वानि:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (substantive)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्यःthe noble one, Arya (lord)
अर्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनाworlds, beings
भुवना:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
जजानbegot, generated
जजान:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (to beget, generate)
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