Rig Veda 10.85.43: Mandala 10, Sukta 85, Mantra 43

Sukta 10.85

Rishi: RV 10.85 marriage cycle

Devata: Prajāpati and Aryaman (with śam as benedictory force)

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नः प्रजां जनयतु प्रजापतिराजरसाय समनक्त्वर्यमा । अदुर्मङ्गलीः पतिलोकमा विश शं नो भव द्विपदे शं चतुष्पदे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.85.43

Transliteration

ā́ naḥ prajā́ṃ janayatu prajāpátir ājarasā́ya sám anaktu aryamā́ | ádurmaṅgalīḥ patilokám ā́ víśa śáṃ no bhava dvípade śáṃ catúṣpade ||

Translation

Möge Prajapati uns Nachkommenschaft hervorbringen — das wahre Wachstum unseres Seins. Möge Aryaman uns zur Unvergänglichkeit salben und das rechte Band besiegeln. Tritt ohne Unheilzeichen in die Welt des Gatten ein; sei uns Heil — den Zweifüßigen und den Vierfüßigen.

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Word by Word

• आ: unto, forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

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

• प्रजाम्: offspring, progeny
• प्रजाम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्र-√जन्) / prajā

• जनयतु: may he generate / beget
• जनयतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जनयति, caus.)

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati (lord of creatures)
• प्रजापतिः: Kartā (agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रजा + पति)

• आजरसाय: for the unaging (state/one)
• आजरसाय: Sampradāna (for/unto the unaging state/one)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively/epithet)
• Root: आजरस (a-jaras) / ‘unaging’

• सम्: together, fully
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) / sam (preverb)

• अनक्तु: may he anoint
• अनक्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अञ्ज् (अनक्ति) / ‘to anoint, smear’

• त्वा: you (the bride)
• त्वा: Karma (object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• अर्यमा: Aryaman
• अर्यमा: Kartā (agent)
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: अर्यमन् / Aryaman

• अदुर्मङ्गलीः: not inauspicious
• अदुर्मङ्गलीः: Kartā (subject, predicative to the bride)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदुर्मङ्गली (a-dur-maṅgalī) / ‘not ill-omened’

• पतिलोकम्: the husband’s household/world
• पतिलोकम्: Karma (goal as object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतिलोक (पति + लोक)

• आ: unto, into
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• विश: enter
• विश: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (विशति) / ‘to enter’

• शम्: welfare, auspiciousness
• शम्: Karma (result/benefit wished)
• Type: Noun (indeclinable-like in usage)
• Root: शम् (नपुंसक प्रातिपदिक) / śam

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

• भव: be
• भव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

• द्विपदे: among bipeds (humans)
• द्विपदे: Adhikaraṇa (domain: among bipeds)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (collective)
• Root: द्विपद (द्वि + पद)

• शम्: welfare
• शम्: Karma (result/benefit wished)
• Type: Noun (indeclinable-like in usage)
• Root: शम् / śam

• चतुष्पदे: among quadrupeds (cattle)
• चतुष्पदे: Adhikaraṇa (domain: among quadrupeds)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (collective)
• Root: चतुष्पद (चतुर् + पद)