Rig Veda 3.57.4: Mandala 3, Sukta 57, Mantra 4
Sukta 3.57
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Rodasī (Heaven-and-Earth) / sacrificial powers (soma-pressing implied)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अच्छा विवक्मि रोदसी सुमेके ग्राव्णो युजानो अध्वरे मनीषा । इमा उ ते मनवे भूरिवारा ऊर्ध्वा भवन्ति दर्शता यजत्राः ॥
Transliteration
ácchā vivakmi ródasī suméke grā́vṇo yujānó adhvaré manīṣā́ | imā́ u te mánave bhū́rivārā ūrdhvā́ bhavanti darśatā́ yajatrā́ḥ ||
Translation
我向那善固的天地二界（Rodasī）宣言此语——以灵感之思（manīṣā）在祭仪（adhvara）中驾驭压榨石（grāvan）。这些为你，噢“人”（Manu，思者），多赐可愿之礼；它们向上升起——可见而堪受供献（yajatra）。
Word by Word
अच्छाtowards, hither
अच्छा:
Adhikaraṇa (दिशा/प्रवृत्ति-निर्देश) / उपसर्गार्थ
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअञ्च् (गत्यर्थ) / अव्यय ‘अच्छा’
विवक्मिI speak forth, I proclaim
विवक्मि:
Kartā (अहं) — वचनक्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (वदने) + वि-
रोदसीHeaven and Earth (the two worlds)
रोदसी:
Karma (स्तुत्य/उद्देश्य) — ‘I address/praise Heaven and Earth’
TypeNoun (dual) / Devatā-name
Rootरोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्यावापृथिव्यौ)
सु-मेकेwell-fixed, firmly set (two)
सु-मेके:
Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमेका/मेक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्तम्भ/आधार/स्थिर’ इत्यर्थे, वेदिक) + सु-
ग्राव्णःof the pressing-stone
ग्राव्णः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the press-stone’
TypeNoun
Rootग्रावन् (प्रातिपदिक; सोमपेषण-शिला ‘press-stone’)
युजानःyoking, harnessing, engaging
युजानः:
Kartā (विवक्मि-कर्तृ-विशेषण) — ‘while yoking/engaging’
TypeParticiple
Rootयुज् (योजने)
अध्वरेin the rite, in the sacrifice
अध्वरे:
Adhikaraṇa (स्थान/अवसर) — ‘in the sacrifice’
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ)
मनीषाwith inspired thought, with insight
मनीषा:
Karaṇa — ‘by/with inspired thought’
TypeNoun
Rootमनीषा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बुद्धि/प्रज्ञा/कवित्व’)
इमाःthese
इमाः:
Kartā (भवन्ति-कर्तृ) — ‘these (things)’
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed, and
उ:
— (सम्बोधन/अन्वय-बल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
तेyour, thy
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘thy’
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
मनवेfor Manu
मनवे:
Sampradāna — ‘for Manu’
TypeNoun (proper) / Devatā-ancestor
Rootमनु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Manu’)
भूरि-वाराःrich in gifts/boons
भूरि-वाराः:
Kartā (विशेषण) — ‘abounding in boons’
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootभूरि (अव्यय/विशेषण ‘much’) + वार (प्रातिपदिक; ‘choice/gift/boon’ वेदिक)
ऊर्ध्वाःupright, rising
ऊर्ध्वाः:
Kartā (विशेषण) — ‘raised/upward’
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)
भवन्तिbecome, come to be
भवन्ति:
— (अकर्मक; कर्तृ = इमाः)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (सत्तायाम्)
दर्शताःsplendid, worthy to be seen
दर्शताः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदर्शत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘visible, splendid’)
यजत्राःworthy of worship, venerable
यजत्राः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयजत्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘worshipful, fit for sacrifice’) < यज्
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