Rig Veda 1.89.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 89, Mantra 1

Sukta 1.89

Rishi: Gautama (traditional for RV 1.89)

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (All the Gods)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; RV 1.89 is commonly Jagatī)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नो भद्राः क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वतोऽदब्धासो अपरीतास उद्भिदः । देवा नो यथा सदमिद्वृधे असन्नप्रायुवो रक्षितारो दिवेदिवे ॥

Transliteration

ā́ no bhadrā́ḥ krátavo yantu viśvátó ’dábhāso áparītāsa udbhídaḥ | devā́ no yáthā sádham íd vṛdhé ásann áprāyúvo rakṣitā́ro divédive ||

Translation

Let noble powers of will come to us from every side—unbetrayable, unassailable, breaking open what is closed. May the gods be for us always for our increase, day by day, as protectors who do not fail our life-force.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards (to us)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• भद्राः: auspicious, благоприятные
• भद्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्रतवः: intentions, powers of will, wise counsels
• क्रतवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)

• यन्तु: let (them) come
• यन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (यच्छति/यच्छन्ति) → √यम् ‘to go/come, proceed’ (Vedic: yantu)

• विश्वतः: from every side
• विश्वतः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित अव्यय)

• अदब्धासः: unharmed, unbeguiled, unerring
• अदब्धासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-दब्ध (प्रातिपदिक; dabdhá ‘deceived/harmed’ < √दभ् ‘to deceive/harm’)

• अपरीतासः: unsurpassed, unconquered
• अपरीतासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-परि-इत (PPP; √इ ‘to go’ with परि; sense ‘gone around/overcome’ → ‘surpassed/overpowered’; with negation ‘not surpassed’)

• उद्भिदः: bursting forth, breaking out (energetic)
• उद्भिदः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: उद्-भिद् (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त; from √भिद् ‘to split, break forth’ with उद्)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• यथा: so that, in such a way that
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (निपात)

• सदम्: always, continually
• सदम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदम् (अव्यय; from सद्/सदस् ‘seat, session’)

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• वृधे: for growth, for increase
• वृधे: Sampradāna
• Type: Verbal noun
• Root: वृध् (धातु) → वृधि/वृद्धि; here infinitival/gerundive-like dative of purpose from √वृध्

• असन्: may (they) be
• असन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु ‘to be’)

• अप्रायुवः: not departing, unwearied, steadfast
• अप्रायुवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-प्रायु (प्रातिपदिक; प्रायु ‘one who goes away/withdraws’ < √या ‘to go’ with प्र)

• रक्षितारः: protectors
• रक्षितारः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षितृ (agent noun; √रक्ष् ‘to protect’)

• दिवे: day (for the day)
• दिवे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवे: day by day
• दिवे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ