Mantra 3
Sukta 7.89
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional)
Devata: Varuṇa
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
क्रत्वः समह दीनता प्रतीपं जगमा शुचे । मृळा सुक्षत्र मृळय ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
क्रत्व॑: समह दी॒नता॑ प्रती॒पं ज॑गमा शुचे । मृ॒ळा सु॑क्षत्र मृ॒ळय॑ ॥
Transliteration
krátvaḥ samaha dī́natā pratī́paṃ jagamā śuce | mṛḷā́ su-kṣatra mṛḷáya ||
Translation
Through our own misdirected will we have reached a needy weakness, going against the right course, O Pure One. Be gracious, O you of good sovereignty, be gracious.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
क्रत्वः॑ । स॒म॒ह॒ । दी॒नता॑ । प्र॒ति॒ऽई॒पम् । ज॒ग॒म॒ । शु॒चे॒ । मृ॒ळ । सु॒ऽक्ष॒त्र॒ । मृ॒ळय॑ ॥क्रत्वः । समह । दीनता । प्रतिईपम् । जगम । शुचे । मृळ । सुक्षत्र । मृळय ॥kratvaḥ | samaha | dīnatā | prati-īpam | jagama | śuce | mṛḷa | su-kṣatra | mṛḷaya
Word by Word
क्रत्वःof (your) resolve/will, of (your) power of intention
क्रत्वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु- (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (modifies the verb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अहindeed, surely
अह:
निपात (discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअह (अव्यय; Vedic particle)
दीनताम्wretchedness, misery
दीनताम्:
कर्म (object of ‘to go/come to’)
TypeNoun
Rootदीनता- (प्रातिपदिक; from दीन ‘wretched’ + -ता)
प्रतीपम्against, in opposition; adversely
प्रतीपम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (manner/direction)
TypeAdjective (used adverbially)
Rootप्रतीप- (प्रातिपदिक)
जगमhas gone, has come
जगम:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
आtowards, hither
आ:
क्रियाविशेषण (directional)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
शुचेO Pure/Brilliant one (epithet of the deity)
शुचे:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun/Adjective (vocative epithet)
Rootशुच्/शुचि- (प्रातिपदिक ‘bright, pure’; voc.)
मृळाbe gracious!, show mercy!
मृळा:
क्रिया (injunction)
TypeVerb
Rootमृळ् (धातु ‘to be gracious, to show mercy’)
सुक्षत्रO well-protecting/with good dominion
सुक्षत्र:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootसु- + क्षत्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
मृळयbe gracious!, have mercy!
मृळय:
क्रिया (injunction)
TypeVerb
Rootमृळ् (धातु)