Rig Veda 1.42.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 42, Mantra 7
Sukta 1.42
Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa
Devata: Pūṣan
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अति नः सश्चतो नय सुगा नः सुपथा कृणु । पूषन्निह क्रतुं विदः ॥
Transliteration
áti naḥ saścáto naya su-gā́ naḥ su-páthā kṛṇu | pū́ṣann ihá krátuṃ vidaḥ ||
Translation
قُدْنا إلى ما وراءِ عُقَدِ التعلّقِ المُلتفّة؛ واجعلْ لنا سُهولةَ السَّير، واجعلْ لنا السَّبيلَ القويم. يا بُوشَن (Pūṣan)، ههنا اعرفْ وأيقِظْ فينا الإرادةَ الرشيدة.
Word by Word
अतिover, beyond, across
अति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
सश्चतःthose who cling/follow (us); pursuers
सश्चतः:
Karma
TypeParticiple (Adjective) / Noun-like
Rootसश्च् (धातु; ‘अनुगच्छति/सहचरति’)
नयlead (you)
नय:
—
TypeVerb
Rootनी (नयति)
सुगाeasy (ways), good passages
सुगा:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसु-ग (प्रातिपदिक: ‘सु’ + ‘ग’/‘गति’)
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
सुपथाgood paths
सुपथा:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसु-पथ (प्रातिपदिक)
कृणुmake, fashion
कृणु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (करोति)
पूषन्O Pūṣan
पूषन्:
—
TypeNoun (Vocative)
Rootपूषन् (देवनाम; प्रातिपदिक)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
क्रतुम्resolve, will; ritual insight
क्रतुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
विदःyou know, you understand
विदः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (वेद/वित्ते)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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