Rig Veda 1.186.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 186, Mantra 1

Sukta 1.186

Devata: Savitṛ (with Viśvānara aspect)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ न इळाभिर्विदथे सुशस्ति विश्वानरः सविता देव एतु । अपि यथा युवानो मत्सथा नो विश्वं जगदभिपित्वे मनीषा ॥

Transliteration

ā́ na iḷā́bhir vidáthē suśastí viśvā́naraḥ savitā́ devá etu | ápi yáthā yuvā́nō mátsathā no víśvaṃ jágad abhipitvé manīṣā́ ||

Translation

Komm zu uns mit den Strömen erleuchteter Opfergaben in der Versammlung des Suchens, o Savitṛ, der göttliche Viśvānara. So mögest du, als jugendliche Kräfte, dich an uns erfreuen; und unser inspiriertes Denken umfasse die ganze bewegte Welt in der Nähe ihrer wahren Heimstatt.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• इळाभिः: with/through invocations (Iḷā-prayers)
• इळाभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: इळा

• विदथे: in the rite/assembly (vidatha)
• विदथे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदथ

• सुशस्ति: good praise / fair hymn
• सुशस्ति: Kartā (as subject with following verb)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-शस्ति (सु + शस्ति < √शंस्/शस् ‘to praise’)

• विश्वानरः: Vaiśvānara (the All-men’s one; Agni/solar form)
• विश्वानरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (deity-epithet)
• Root: विश्वानर

• सविता: Savitar
• सविता: Kartā (in apposition)
• Type: Noun (deity)
• Root: सवितृ

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Kartā (in apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव

• एतु: let (him) come
• एतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (एति)

• अपि: also; moreover
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• युवानः: young (ones)
• युवानः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: युवन्

• मत्सथ: rejoice! be exhilarated!
• मत्सथ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मद् (मत्त/मद् ‘to be exhilarated, rejoice’)

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• विश्वम्: all, the whole
• विश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व

• जगत्: the moving world, creation
• जगत्: Karma (in apposition to विश्वम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (< √गम् with reduplicated/participial formation ‘moving’)

• अभिपित्वे: in close fellowship / in nearness
• अभिपित्वे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभि-पित्व (अभि + पित्व ‘kinship/companionship; being near’)

• मनीषा: inspired thought, wisdom
• मनीषा: Karaṇa / Hetu (instrument/means; also ‘by inspired thought’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषा