The two petrification points - the relation between relative and absolute enumeration in DDS

Excerpt from "The two petrification points"

John Bjarne Grover

The following is an excerpt (for easy reference lookup) from the article 'The two petrification points' - which furthermore builds on the results of the article Horace and the chinese radicals. The excerpt presents the hebrew and sanskrit words that correspond to the grammatical errors in poems of relative enumeration #78 (four errors) and #111 (one error) in my 2015 german poetry book 'Der Dornenstrauch'.

For the correlation of these poems with excerpts from Moses and the cycles defined for Rigveda, see volume 4 this page 945 for #78, including its following page for #111.

Moses 1-7-11 (= 'Genesis 7:11') to DDS #111

= 22 words, here error in line 11 out of 12 by 22*11/12 = words 19-21 = רַבָּ֔ה וַאֲרֻבֹּ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם

רַבָּ֔ה = רבה = 1) to be(come) many, to multiply, to be(come) great(er), to grow up, 2) to shoot arrows

אֲרֻבֹּ֥ת = ארבת = to lie in wait, ambush; fraud, plot; wickerwork, window, pidgeon-house, chimney

הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם → שםים =
1) שםה = to be high, heaven, the heavens
2) שום = to put, set, place, array, order (= to constitute); garlic

Moses 1-5-6 (= 'Genesis 5:6') to DDS #78

= 9 words, here errors in the german grammar of poem #78 in lines 6, 8, 10 and 17 means hebrew words 4, 5, 6 and 9 from Genesis 5:6 = וַֽיְחִי ־ שֵׁ֕ת חָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת ־ אֱנֽוֹש

Word 4 = שָׁנִ֖ים = שנים = 1) שנה = repeat, be different from, alter, change, a year, produce of a year, 2) שנן = sharpen
Word 5 = מְאַ֣ת = מאת = 1) מאה = a hundred, ('100'), 2) את = ploughshare, accusative, with/at/towards
Word 6 = שָׁנָ֑ה = שנה = repeat, be different from, alter, change, a year, produce of a year,
Word 9 = אֱנֽוֹש = אנוש = אנש = incurable, mortal, grievous, sorrowful, malignant; man, mankind, common people

For word 5, Jastrow's dictionary of talmudic hebrew mentions את = sign, type, letter.

The 5 Rigveda cycles to DDS #111

The primary cycle of Rigveda to DDS #111

Cycle 1 = RV 1-17-3 = 9 words
अ॒नु॒का॒मं त॑र्पयेथा॒मिन्द्रा॑वरुण रा॒य आ ता वां॒ नेदि॑ष्ठमीमहे
anukāmáṁ tarpayethām índrāvaruṇa rāyá ā́ tā́ vāṁ nédiṣṭham īmahe
nédiṣṭham = the nearest, next, very near
īmahe = īm = particle of affirmation / restriction

The secondary cycles of Rigveda to DDS #111

Cycle 2 = RV 1-12-2 = 8 words
अ॒ग्निम॑ग्निं॒ हवी॑मभिः॒ सदा॑ हवन्त वि॒श्पति॑म् ह॒व्य॒वाहं॑ पुरुप्रि॒यम्
agním agniṁ hávīmabhiḥ sádā havanta viśpátim havyavā́ham purupriyám
purupriyám → purupriya = dear to many

Cycle 3 = RV 1-6-7 = 8 words
इन्द्रे॑ण॒ सं हि दृक्ष॑से संजग्मा॒नो अबि॑भ्युषा म॒न्दू स॑मा॒नव॑र्चसा
índreṇa sáṁ hí dŕ̥kṣase saṁjagmānó ábibhyuṣā mandū́ samānávarcasā
samānávarcasā = 'having equal splendour with',
samāna = one of the 5 vital airs - that which circulates about the navel; breathing, meeting, in one point

Cycle 4 = RV 1-3-2 = 8 words
अश्वि॑ना॒ पुरु॑दंससा॒ नरा॒ शवी॑रया धि॒या धिष्ण्या॒ वन॑तं॒ गिरः॑
áśvinā púrudaṁsasā nárā śávīrayā dhiyā́ dhíṣṇyā vánataṁ gíraḥ
gíraḥ =
gira = speech, voice
gir = addressing

Cycle 5 = RV 1-34-9 = 17 words
क्व१॒॑ त्री च॒क्रा त्रि॒वृतो॒ रथ॑स्य॒ क्व१॒॑ त्रयो॑ व॒न्धुरो॒ ये सनी॑ळाः क॒दा योगो॑ वा॒जिनो॒ रास॑भस्य॒ येन॑ य॒ज्ञं ना॑सत्योपया॒थः
kvà trī́ cakrā́ trivŕ̥to ráthasya kvà tráyo vandhúro yé sánīḷāḥ kadā́ yógo vājíno rā́sabhasya yéna yajñáṁ nāsatyopayātháḥ
yajñáṁ =
yajña = worship, devotion, prayer, praise; acts of worship, devotion, prayer, praise; oblation, sacrifice

I now sum up the four basic meanings of words a, b, c, d from the secondary cycles of Rigveda to DDS #111:

a = dear to many
b = having equal splendour with;
one of the 5 vital airs - that which circulates about the navel; breathing, meeting, in one point
c = speech, voice; addressing
d = worship, devotion, prayer, praise; oblation, sacrifice

It seems, as mentioned above, that these can be recognized in the order a-d-c-b in the following secondary cycles to each of the 4 grammatical errors in DDS #78 (although the interpretation becomes a little more down-to-earth if one in e.g. the first cycle below reads it as a-b-c-d). It is observed how well the four concepts apply to the errors of DDS #78 listed above.

The 5 Rigveda cycles to DDS #78

While for DDS #111 there was only one error and hence only one correlate for each cycle, for this #78 there are four errors and hence there will be four concepts for each cycle. I list each of them annotated with the correlate to the four concepts a-b-c-d:

The primary cycle of Rigveda to DDS #78

Cycle 1 = RV 1-12-1 = 8 words
अ॒ग्निं दू॒तं वृ॑णीमहे॒ होता॑रं वि॒श्ववे॑दसम् अ॒स्य य॒ज्ञस्य॑ सु॒क्रतु॑म्
agníṁ dūtáṁ vr̥ṇīmahe hótāraṁ viśvávedasam asyá yajñásya sukrátum
a = word 3 = vr̥ṇīmahe - vri = choose, select
d = word 4 = hotāraṃ = burnt-offering, oblation
c = word 5 = viśvávedasam - viśvavedas = saint, sage
b = word 8 = sukrátum - sukratu = skillful, wise

The secondary cycles of Rigveda to DDS #78

Cycle 2 = RV 1-6-3 = 9 words
के॒तुं कृ॒ण्वन्न॑के॒तवे॒ पेशो॑ मर्या अपे॒शसे॑ समु॒षद्भि॑रजायथाः
ketúṁ kr̥ṇvánn aketáve péśo maryā apeśáse sám uṣádbhir ajāyathāḥ
a = word 4 = péśo = cut into pieces, carved?
d = word 5 = maryā = mark, limit, boundary
c = word 6 = apeśáse = probably 'shapeless'
b = word 9 = ajāyathāḥ = prob. sth about 'being unborn'

Cycle 3 = RV 1-36-1 = 15 words
प्र वो॑ य॒ह्वं पु॑रू॒णां वि॒शां दे॑वय॒तीना॑म् अ॒ग्निं सू॒क्तेभि॒र्वचो॑भिरीमहे॒ यं सी॒मिद॒न्य ईळ॑ते
prá vo yahvám purūṇā́ṁ viśā́ṁ devayatī́nām agníṁ sūktébhir vácobhir īmahe ̀ yáṁ sīm íd anyá ī́ḷate
a = word 6 = devayatī́nām = loving/serving gods?
d = word 8 = sūktébhir = appr. 'well spoken'?
c = word 9 = vácobhir - vacas = speech, voice, word; singing etc
b = word 15 = ī́ḷate - īḷ = to move

Cycle 4 = RV 1-33-2 = 18 words
उपेद॒हं ध॑न॒दामप्र॑तीतं॒ जुष्टां॒ न श्ये॒नो व॑स॒तिं प॑तामि इन्द्रं॑ नम॒स्यन्नु॑प॒मेभि॑र॒र्कैर्यः स्तो॒तृभ्यो॒ हव्यो॒ अस्ति॒ याम॑न्
úpéd aháṁ dhanadā́m ápratītaṁ júṣṭāṁ ná śyenó vasatím patāmi índraṁ namasyánn upamébhir arkaír yá stotŕ̥bhyo hávyo ásti yā́man
a = word 7 = śyenó - syena = hawk, falcon, eagle, bird of prey, firewood like eagle, horse etc
d = word 9 = patāmi - patam = flying, grasshopper etc
c = word 11 = namasyánn - namasya = paying homage, worship, be humble
b = word 18 = yā́man - yama = cessation, end, restraint

Cycle 5 = RV 1-30-20 = 10 words
कस्त॑ उषः कधप्रिये भु॒जे मर्तो॑ अमर्त्ये कं न॑क्षसे विभावरि
kás ta uṣaḥ kadhapriye bhujé márto amartye káṁ nakṣase vibhāvari
a = word 4 = kadhapriye - kadhapriya = ever pleased or friendly
d = word 5 = bhujé - bhuj = enjoyment, profit etc
c = word 6 = márto - marta = mortal, man, the earthen world
b = word 10 = vibhāvari - vibhava = powerful, rich etc

Sources:

https://biblehub.com

Davidson, B.: The analytical hebrew and chaldee lexicon (London 1855)

Jastrow, M.: Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Bavli, Talmud Yerushalmi and Midrashic Literature. Judaica Treasury 2004.

Monier-Williams, M.: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1979.

https://vedaweb.uni-koeln.de/rigveda/view/index/0