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Mantra 1

Sukta 7.69

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Maṇḍala 7)
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (high probability; hymn-opening invocation style)

आ वां रथो रोदसी बद्बधानो हिरण्ययो वृषभिर्यात्वश्वैः । घृतवर्तनिः पविभी रुचान इषां वोळ्हा नृपतिर्वाजिनीवान् ॥

आ वां॒ रथो॒ रोद॑सी बद्बधा॒नो हि॑र॒ण्ययो॒ वृष॑भिर्या॒त्वश्वै॑: । घृ॒तव॑र्तनिः प॒विभी॑ रुचा॒न इ॒षां वो॒ळ्हा नृ॒पति॑र्वा॒जिनी॑वान् ॥

ā́ vām rátho ródasī badbadhānó hiraṇyáyo vṛ́ṣabhir yātú aśváīḥ | ghṛtávartaniḥ pavíbhiḥ rucānó iṣā́ṃ voḷhā́ nṛpátir vājinī́vān ||

Let your chariot come—binding together Heaven and Earth—golden, drawn by strong stallions; moving on paths of clarified light, shining with its powers: a carrier of the impulsion of force, a lord of the human journey, rich in plenitudes.

आ । वा॒म् । रथः॑ । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । ब॒द्ब॒धा॒नः । हि॒र॒ण्ययः॑ । वृष॑ऽभिः । या॒तु॒ । अश्वैः॑ । घृ॒तऽव॑र्तनिः । प॒विऽभिः॑ । रु॒चा॒नः । इ॒षाम् । वो॒ळ्हा । नृ॒ऽपतिः॑ । वा॒जिनी॑ऽवान् ॥आ । वाम् । रथः । रोदसी इति । बद्बधानः । हिरण्ययः । वृषभिः । यातु । अश्वैः । घृतवर्तनिः । पविभिः । रुचानः । इषाम् । वोळ्हा । नृपतिः । वाजिनीवान् ॥ā | vām | rathaḥ | rodasī iti | badbadhānaḥ | hiraṇyayaḥ | vṛṣa-bhiḥ | yātu | aśvaiḥ | ghṛta-vartaniḥ | pavi-bhiḥ | rucānaḥ | iṣām | voḷhā | nṛ-patiḥ | vājinī-vān

hither; towards
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
वाम्to/for you two; of you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd pers. pronoun)
रथःchariot
रथः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (prātipadika)
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (dual stem)
बद्बधानःbinding/fastening (together); yoking
बद्बधानः:
Kartā (agreeing with रथः)
TypeVerb-participle
Rootबन्ध् (dhātu) → बद्बध (intensive/reduplicated base)
हिindeed; for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
हिरण्ययःgolden
हिरण्ययः:
Viśeṣaṇa (of रथः)
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्यय (prātipadika)
वृषभिःwith bulls; with strong ones
वृषभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ (prātipadika)
यातुlet it come/go
यातु:
— (injunctive/command)
TypeVerb
Rootया (dhātu)
अश्वैःwith horses
अश्वैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (prātipadika)
घृतवर्तनिःhaving ghee as its track/way; whose course is ghee
घृतवर्तनिः:
Viśeṣaṇa (of रथः)
TypeAdjective
Rootघृत-वर्तनि (compound prātipadika)
पविभिःwith felly-segments/rims; with iron bands (of wheels)
पविभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपवि (prātipadika)
रुचानःshining; gleaming
रुचानः:
Kartā (agreeing with रथः)
TypeVerb-participle
Rootरुच् (dhātu)
इषाम्of refreshments/impulses; of provisions
इषाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootइष्/इषा (prātipadika)
वःof you (your)
वः:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd pers. pronoun)
वोळ्हाcarrier; conveyer
वोळ्हा:
Kartā (apposition to रथः / or to implied driver)
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootवह् (dhātu) → वोळ्हृ (agent noun)
नृपतिःlord of men
नृपतिः:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootनृ-पति (compound prātipadika)
वाजिनीवान्possessing prize-winning power; rich in steeds/strength
वाजिनीवान्:
Viśeṣaṇa (of रथः / of the appositional subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootवाजिनीवत् (prātipadika)