Rig Veda 10.175.4 — Mandala 10, Sukta 175, Mantra 4
Sukta 10.175
Rishi: Same sukta context (10.175).
Devata: Savitṛ; Grāvāṇaḥ as addressed powers.
Chandas: Likely Gāyatrī (verify per edition).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ग्रावाणः सविता नु वो देवः सुवतु धर्मणा । यजमानाय सुन्वते ॥
Transliteration
grāvāṇaḥ savitā nú vo deváḥ suvatu dhármaṇā | yajámānāya sunvaté ||
Translation
O pressing-stones, now may Savitṛ the god impel you by the right law—for the sacrificer who presses: for the soul that labours to express the hidden delight.
Word by Word
ग्रावा॑णःthe pressing-stones (as agents)
ग्रावा॑णः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootग्रावन् (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *gʷerh₂-?; Vedic ‘pressing-stone’
सवि॒ताSavitar (the Impeller-god)
सवि॒ता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक) < √सू (सवति ‘to impel/bring forth’)
नुnow; indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
वःof you; your
वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive) / हित-सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दे॒वःthe god
दे॒वः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) < √दिव् (‘to shine’)
सु॑वतु॒may (he) impel/grant
सु॑वतु॒:
क्रिया (कर्तृ-क्रिया: देवः)
TypeVerb
Root√सू (सुवति) ‘to impel, set in motion, grant’
धर्म॑णाby (his) ordinance/law; by established order
धर्म॑णा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक) < √धृ (‘to hold, support’)
यज॑मानायto the sacrificer
यज॑मानाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootयजमान (प्रातिपदिक; from √यज् ‘to sacrifice’)
सुन्व॒तेto the Soma-presser (the one pressing)
सुन्व॒ते:
सम्प्रदान (apposition to यजमानाय)
TypeKṛdanta (participle used substantively)
Rootसुन्वत् (प्रातिपदिक; pres. act. ptc. of √सु ‘to press (Soma)’)
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