Rig Veda 1.42.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 42, Mantra 5
Sukta 1.42
Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa
Devata: Pūṣan
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ तत्ते दस्र मन्तुमः पूषन्नवो वृणीमहे । येन पितॄनचोदयः ॥
Transliteration
ā́ tát te dasra mantu-máḥ pū́ṣann ávo vṛṇīmahe | yéna pitṝ́n ácodayāḥ ||
Translation
نختار لأنفسنا تلك المعونة المُنقِذة منك، يا بُوشَن العجيب؛ ذلك الإرشاد المُلهَم الذي به حرّكتَ الآباء (Pitṛ) وسُقتَهم في الطريق الحقّ.
Word by Word
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
तत्that (request/boon)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेto/for thee; thy
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दस्रO wondrous/skillful one
दस्र:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootदस्र (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
मन्तुमःO wise/counsel-possessing
मन्तुमः:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्तु (प्रातिपदिक) + -म (मतुप्-प्रत्ययार्थकः ‘युक्त/सम्पन्न’)
पूषन्O Pūṣan
पूषन्:
—
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootपूषन् (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अवःhelp, protection
अवः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (नपुंसक/पुं?; वैदिक ‘अवस्’ = सहायता/रक्षा)
वृणीमहेwe choose, we seek
वृणीमहे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणुते ‘to choose’)
येनby which
येन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पितॄन्the Fathers, ancestors
पितॄन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
अचोदयःthou didst impel/urge
अचोदयः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√चुद् (to impel, urge) with preverb आ- → आचोदयः
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