Rig Veda 1.25.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 25, Mantra 1

Sukta 1.25

Rishi: Śunaḥśepa Ājīgarti (traditional for this Varuṇa sequence)

Devata: Varuṇa

Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 pādas of 8 syllables typical in RV 1.25 opening)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यच्चिद्धि ते विशो यथा प्र देव वरुण व्रतम् । मिनीमसि द्यविद्यवि ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.25.1

Transliteration

yác cid dhí te víśo yáthā prá deva varuṇa vratám | minīmási dyávi-dyavi ||

Translation

وإن كنّا نحنُ، شعوبَكَ، يومًا بعد يومٍ نُنقِصُ شريعتَكَ، يا فَرُونَةُ الإلهيّ،

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Word by Word

• यत्: which; that (what)
• यत्: Karma (of मिमीमसि; ‘that/which’)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द

• चित्: even; indeed
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• हि: for; indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: Sambandha (genitive relation to व्रतम्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विशः: the peoples; clans
• विशः: Kartā (of मिमीमसि; ‘the peoples’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (स्त्री/पुं प्रातिपदिक ‘clan, people’)

• यथा: as; just as
• यथा: — (adverbial: ‘as/in such a way’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• प्र: forth; forward; fully
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुण: O Varuṇa
• वरुण: Sambोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (proper, vocative)
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्रतम्: vow; ordinance; sacred law
• व्रतम्: Karma (object of मिमीमसि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)

• मिमीमसि: we measure out; we apportion/establish
• मिमीमसि: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मा (मिमीतॆ/मिमीते ‘to measure; mete out’; RV also ‘to apportion/establish’)

• द्यवि-द्यवि: day by day; in heaven/day repeatedly
• द्यवि-द्यवि: Adhikaraṇa (temporal locus)
• Type: Noun (adverbial locative, distributive repetition)
• Root: द्यवि (द्यौ/दिव्-प्रातिपदिक; loc. sg. ‘in heaven/in the day’) with reduplication