Rig Veda 7.89.3 — Mandala 7, Sukta 89, Mantra 3

Sukta 7.89

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional)

Devata: Varuṇa

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

क्रत्वः समह दीनता प्रतीपं जगमा शुचे । मृळा सुक्षत्र मृळय ॥

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.

Word by Word

• क्रत्वः: of (your) resolve/will, of (your) power of intention
• क्रत्वः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: क्रियाविशेषण (modifies the verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अह: indeed, surely
• अह: निपात (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अह (अव्यय; Vedic particle)

• दीनताम्: wretchedness, misery
• दीनताम्: कर्म (object of ‘to go/come to’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीनता- (प्रातिपदिक; from दीन ‘wretched’ + -ता)

• प्रतीपम्: against, in opposition; adversely
• प्रतीपम्: क्रियाविशेषण (manner/direction)
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: प्रतीप- (प्रातिपदिक)

• जगम: has gone, has come
• जगम: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: क्रियाविशेषण (directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• शुचे: O Pure/Brilliant one (epithet of the deity)
• शुचे: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: शुच्/शुचि- (प्रातिपदिक ‘bright, pure’; voc.)

• मृळा: be gracious!, show mercy!
• मृळा: क्रिया (injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृळ् (धातु ‘to be gracious, to show mercy’)

• सुक्षत्र: O well-protecting/with good dominion
• सुक्षत्र: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: सु- + क्षत्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मृळय: be gracious!, have mercy!
• मृळय: क्रिया (injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृळ् (धातु)