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Rig Veda 7.53.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 53, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.53

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī with associated Viśve Devāḥ (daivya jana)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

प्र पूर्वजे पितरा नव्यसीभिर्गीर्भिः कृणुध्वं सदने ऋतस्य । आ नो द्यावापृथिवी दैव्येन जनेन यातं महि वां वरूथम् ॥

prá pūrvajé pitarā́ návyasībhiḥ gīrbhíḥ kṛṇudhvam sádane ṛtásya | ā́ no dyāvāpṛthivī daívyena jánena yātam máhi vāṃ várūtham ||

हे पूर्वजन्मा माता-पिता, ऋत के सदन में नूतन-नूतन वाणियों से अपना प्राकट्य रचो। हे द्यावा-पृथिवी, दैवी जनों (शक्तियों) के साथ हमारे पास आओ; महान् है तुम्हारा वरूथ—हमारे चारों ओर का रक्षक विस्तार।

प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
पूर्वजेin/among the forefathers (ancestors)
पूर्वजे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्वज (prātipadika: ‘born before, ancestor’ < पूर्व + ज ‘be born’)
पितराthe two Fathers (Heaven and Earth / ancestral pair)
पितरा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (prātipadika)
नव्यसीभिःwith newer (fresh)
नव्यसीभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootनव्यसी (comparative-instrumental stem from नव्य ‘new, fresh’)
गीर्भिःwith hymns/songs
गीर्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (prātipadika: ‘song, hymn, voice’)
कृणुध्वम्make, fashion, prepare (for yourselves)
कृणुध्वम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
सदनेin the seat/abode
सदने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसदन (prātipadika: ‘seat, abode, assembly’)
ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order)
ऋतस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (prātipadika: ‘cosmic order, truth’)
towards, hither
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (prātipadika)
द्यावापृथिवीHeaven-and-Earth
द्यावापृथिवी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्यावापृथिवी (dvandva prātipadika: द्यावा + पृथिवी)
दैव्येनwith (the) divine
दैव्येन:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootदैव्य (adj. prātipadika: ‘divine’ < देव)
जनेनwith the people/host
जनेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootजन (prātipadika: ‘people, race, host’)
यातम्come, go (you two)
यातम्:
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
महिgreatly, mightily
महि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमहि (avyaya; also related to मह्/मह ‘great’)
वाम्of you two / for you two
वाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (prātipadika)
वरूथम्protection, shelter
वरूथम्:
Karma (as object of implied ‘grant/bring’ with यातम्) / or predicate-noun
TypeNoun
Rootवरूथ (prātipadika: ‘protection, shelter, defense’)

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