Rig Veda 1.23.13: Mandala 1, Sukta 23, Mantra 13
Sukta 1.23
Rishi: Kakṣīvān Dairghatamasa (traditional)
Devata: Pūṣan
Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-mixed tendencies in this hymn section (exact metrical classification varies by recension)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ पूषञ्चित्रबर्हिषमाघृणे धरुणं दिवः । आजा नष्टं यथा पशुम् ॥
Transliteration
ā́ pū́ṣan citrábarhiṣam ā́ghṛṇe dharúṇaṃ diváḥ | ā́jā naṣṭáṃ yáthā paśúm ||
Translation
Komm her, Pūṣan, zum buntgeschmückten Opferlager; o Glänzender, bring uns die feste Stütze des Himmels; führe uns das Verlorene zurück, wie man ein verirrtes Rind zurückführt.
Word by Word
आhither; towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
पूषन्O Pūṣan
पूषन्:
(sambodhana) —
TypeNoun (proper/common deity-name)
Rootपूषन् (prātipadika)
चित्रबर्हिषम्the one of bright/variegated sacred grass (epithet)
चित्रबर्हिषम्:
Karma (of implied verb ‘call/bring/invoke’)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootचित्र-बर्हिस् (prātipadika; karmadhāraya/tatpuruṣa)
आhither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
माघृणेO gracious/benign one
माघृणे:
(sambodhana) —
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootमाघृण (prātipadika; epithet)
धरुणम्support; firm prop
धरुणम्:
Karma (object: ‘support/prop’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootधरुण (prātipadika)
दिवःof heaven; of the sky
दिवः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् / द्यौ (prātipadika)
आhither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
जाthe offspring; the (young) creature
जा:
Kartā (subject of implied verb ‘come/arrive’)
TypeNoun
Rootजा (prātipadika; from √जन् ‘to be born’, ‘offspring’)
नष्टम्lost
नष्टम्:
Karma (qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootनष्ट (PPP from √नश् ‘perish, be lost’)
यथाas; just as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (avyaya)
पशुम्animal; cattle
पशुम्:
Karma (object: ‘lost animal’)
TypeNoun
Rootपशु (prātipadika)
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