Rig Veda 2.38.10: Mandala 2, Sukta 38, Mantra 10

Sukta 2.38

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)

Devata: Savitṛ (with associated sacrificial powers Narāśaṃsa, Gnās-pati invoked as helpers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

भगं धियं वाजयन्तः पुरंधिं नराशंसो ग्नास्पतिर्नो अव्याः । आये वामस्य संगथे रयीणां प्रिया देवस्य सवितुः स्याम ॥

Transliteration

bhágaṃ dhíyaṃ vājáyantaḥ púraṃdhiṃ narāśáṃso gnā́spátir no avyāḥ | āyé vā́masya saṃgathé rayīṇā́ṃ priyā́ devásya savitúḥ syāma ||

Translation

ভগক বিচাৰি, পূৰণ্ধিক আহ্বান কৰি, আমাৰ ধী (প্ৰেৰিত চিন্তা)ক বাজিকৰ্তা—সমৃদ্ধিবাহক কৰি তোলোঁতে নৰাশংস আৰু গ্নাস্পতি (প্ৰেৰিত বাক্যৰ অধিপতি)য়ে আমাক ৰক্ষা কৰক। আনন্দৰ ধনৰ মিলনস্থলত আমি সৱিতৃ দেৱৰ প্ৰিয় হওঁ।

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Word by Word

• भगम्: Bhaga (the distributor of fortune), prosperity
• भगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (prātipadika) < PIE *bʰag- ‘share, allot’

• धियम्: prayer; inspired thought
• धियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (prātipadika) ‘thought, insight, prayer’

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (particle)

• वाजयन्तः: winning/bringing prizes; strengthening
• वाजयन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: वाजय् (denom./caus. verb-stem from वाज ‘prize, strength’)

• पुरंधिम्: bounty; abundance
• पुरंधिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरंधि (prātipadika) ‘bounty, munificence; giver of plenty’

• नराशंसः: Narāśaṃsa (the ‘men-praised’ deity)
• नराशंसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराशंस (prātipadika) ‘praised by men’ (epithet/name of a deity) < नर + शंस

• ग्नास्पतिः: Gnāspati (lord of women/household)
• ग्नास्पतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्नास्पति (prātipadika) ‘lord of women/households’ < ग्ना + पति

• नः: to us; for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• अव्याः: may he protect
• अव्याः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (dhātu) ‘to protect, favor’ → optative अव्यात् (3sg) with Vedic ending -yāḥ

• आये: has come; may he come
• आये: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या (dhātu) ‘to go, come’

• वामस्य: of favor; of what is desirable
• वामस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाम (prātipadika) ‘good, desirable; favor’

• संगथे: in the gathering; at the meeting
• संगथे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगथ (prātipadika) ‘meeting, assembly, coming-together’ < सम् + गम्/गथ

• रयीणाम्: of riches
• रयीणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (prātipadika) ‘wealth, treasure’

• प्रियाः: dear; beloved
• प्रियाः: Kartā (predicate to ‘we’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (prātipadika) ‘dear, beloved, pleasing’

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (prātipadika) ‘god’

• सवितुः: of Savitṛ
• सवितुः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (prātipadika) ‘Savitṛ’

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (dhātu) ‘to be’