Rig Veda 2.40.5: Mandala 2, Sukta 40, Mantra 5
Sukta 2.40
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (and/or the Gṛtsamada lineage)
Devata: Soma-Pūṣan (dual)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विश्वान्यन्यो भुवना जजान विश्वमन्यो अभिचक्षाण एति । सोमापूषणाववतं धियं मे युवाभ्यां विश्वाः पृतना जयेम ॥
Transliteration
víśvāny anyó bhúvanā jajā́na víśvam anyó abhicákṣāṇa eti | somā́pūṣaṇāv ávataṃ dhíyaṃ me yuvā́bhyāṃ víśvāḥ pṛ́tanā jayema ||
Translation
二者之一生出一切世界；二者之一遍观万有而行。苏摩与普善啊，扶持我的思虑——凭你们二位，愿我们赢得一切战斗。
Word by Word
विश्वानिall (things), all beings
विश्वानि:
Karma (of जजान) / also possible Kartā in sense-context
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्यःthe one (other), one of the two
अन्यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनाworlds, beings, realms
भुवना:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
जजानhas begotten/produced
जजान:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनँ)
विश्वम्the whole, everything
विश्वम्:
Karma (of एति) / also possible Kartā in sense-context
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्यःthe other one (of the pair)
अन्यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिचक्षाणःlooking upon, overseeing
अभिचक्षाणः:
Kartā (qualifying अन्यः)
TypeParticiple (present middle)
Rootअभि-√चक्ष् (चक्षँ) → अभिचक्षाण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
एतिgoes, moves, proceeds
एति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√इ (इण्)
सोमापूषणौSoma and Pūṣan
सोमापूषणौ:
Kartā (of अवतं) / also vocative address
TypeNoun (dual compound/dvandva)
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक) + पूषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अवतंhelp (you two), protect
अवतं:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अव् (अवँ) / √अव् (रक्षणे)
धियम्thought, prayer, insight
धियम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधि (प्रातिपदिक)
मेmy, of me
मे:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of me’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
युवाभ्याम्by you two, with you two
युवाभ्याम्:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयुवाम् (2nd person pronoun base) / युष्मद् (dual instr.)
विश्वाःall (f.) [i.e., all]
विश्वाः:
Karma (of जयेम)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
पृतनाःbattles, hostilities
पृतनाः:
Karma (apposition to विश्वाः) / object-domain of जयेम
TypeNoun
Rootपृतना (प्रातिपदिक)
जयेमmay we win/conquer
जयेम:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जि (जि) / √जि (जय)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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