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Rig Veda 7.96.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 96, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.96

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 7 hymns)
Devata: Sarasvatī (with associative link to Maruts as dynamic powers)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 7.96; verse-length and cadence consistent)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उभे यत्ते महिना शुभ्रे अन्धसी अधिक्षियन्ति पूरवः । सा नो बोध्यवित्री मरुत्सखा चोद राधो मघोनाम् ॥

Transliteration

ubhé yát te mahínā śúbhre ándhasī adhikṣiyánti pūrávaḥ | sā no bodhy avitrī marútsakhā códa rā́dho maghónām ||

Translation

हे शुभ्रे सरस्वती! जब तेरी महिमा से वे दोनों उज्ज्वल शक्तियाँ (अन्धसी—प्रकाश-धाराएँ) पूरवः (समृद्धियों) के ऊपर आसन ग्रहण करती हैं, तब तू हमारी अवित्री (रक्षिका) बनकर हमें जगा। मरुत्सखा, दाताओं (मघोनाम्) की प्रचुर राधस् (समृद्धि-कल्याण) को हमारे लिए प्रेरित कर।

Word by Word
उभेboth (two)
उभे:
कर्म (अन्धसी इति विशेष्ययोः विशेषणम्)
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootउभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / उभय
यत्which/that
यत्:
कर्म (अधिक्शियन्ति इत्यस्य; ‘that/which’)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सम्बन्ध/यत्-प्रत्यय सर्वनाम)
तेof you, your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (महिना इत्यस्य; ‘of you/your’)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रत्यय सर्वनाम)
महिनाby (your) might
महिना:
करण (अधिक्शियन्ति—‘by/with might’)
TypeNoun
Rootमहिन् (प्रातिपदिक: ‘महिमा/महत्त्व’)
शुभ्रेbright, pure
शुभ्रे:
विशेषण (अन्धसी इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्धसीthe two soma-juices (draughts)
अन्धसी:
कर्म (अधिक्शियन्ति—‘the two soma-juices’)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्धस् (प्रातिपदिक: ‘रस/सोम’)
अधिक्षियन्तिthey dwell over / preside over
अधिक्षियन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootक्षि (धातु; ‘क्षयति/निवसति/अधिष्ठाति’), उपसर्ग: अधि-
पूरवःthe Pūrus
पूरवः:
कर्तृ (अधिक्षियन्ति)
TypeNoun (tribal name)
Rootपूरु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पूरवः’ जन/वंश)
साshe
सा:
कर्तृ (बोधि/चोद इत्यस्य; देवी/नदी सरस्वती)
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
नःto us / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (बोधि—‘for us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
बोधिbe awake; take notice
बोधि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootबुध् (धातु; ‘बोधयति/जागर्ति’)
अवित्रीprotectress
अवित्री:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (सा इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootअवितृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘रक्षक/पालक’)
मरुत्सखाfriend of the Maruts
मरुत्सखा:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (सा इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun/Adjective (compound)
Rootमरुत् + सख (समास: तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि-प्रायः ‘मरुतां सखा’)
चोदimpel, incite
चोद:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootचुद् (धातु; ‘प्रेरयति’)
राधःbounty, gift
राधः:
कर्म (चोद—‘impel (the) bounty’)
TypeNoun
Rootराधस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दान/समृद्धि’)
मघोनाम्of the bountiful (patrons)
मघोनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (राधः—‘of the bountiful’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दानशील/समृद्ध’)
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