Rig Veda 10.30.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 30, Mantra 1
Sukta 10.30
Devata: Āpaḥ (Waters); with Mitra-Varuṇa invoked as upholders of great dhāsi (support)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र देवत्रा ब्रह्मणे गातुरेत्वपो अच्छा मनसो न प्रयुक्ति । महीं मित्रस्य वरुणस्य धासिं पृथुज्रयसे रीरधा सुवृक्तिम् ॥
Transliteration
prá deva-trā́ bráhmaṇe gātúr etv ápo ácchā mánaso ná prá-yukti | mahī́ṃ mitrásya váruṇasya dhā́sīṃ pṛthú-jrayase rīradhā suvṛ́ktim ||
Translation
لِيمضِ الطريقُ إلى الإلهيّ عبر البراهمن (الكلمة المقدّسة)؛ وكدفعةٍ مُهداةٍ من الذهن امضِ إلى المياه. وللبعيدِ الخُطا أقمْ قولًا مُحكمَ الصوغ—عظيمٌ سندُ مِترا وفارونا.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
देवत्राtowards/among the gods; in the divine way
देवत्रा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदेव + -त्रा
ब्रह्मणेto/for the sacred formulation (brahman), hymn
ब्रह्मणे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
गातुःof the path/way; of the course
गातुः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootगातु
एतुlet it go; let it proceed
एतु:
(predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootइ (एति)
अपःthe waters
अपः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
अच्छाtowards, unto
अच्छा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअच्छा
मनसःof the mind
मनसः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
प्रयुक्तिःimpulse, setting-in-motion; yoking/impulsion
प्रयुक्तिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्र + युज् → प्रयुक्ति
महीम्great (one); great
महीम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootमही
मित्रस्यof Mitra
मित्रस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र
वरुणस्यof Varuṇa
वरुणस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण
धासिम्portion; bounty; (ritual) offering/share
धासिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधासि
पृथुज्रयसेto the far-/broad-speeding one (epithet, likely of a deity/recipient)
पृथुज्रयसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootपृथुज्रय (epithet)
रीरधgrant; bestow; make prosper
रीरध:
(predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootराध्
सुवृक्तिम्well-turned hymn; good praise
सुवृक्तिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसु + वृक्ति
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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