Rig Veda 1.136.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 136, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.136

Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional attribution for RV 1.136)

Devata: Ādityas (Mitra, Aryaman, Varuṇa; with Bhaga explicitly)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī mixture (probable; uncertain without scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अदर्शि गातुरुरवे वरीयसी पन्था ऋतस्य समयंस्त रश्मिभिश्चक्षुर्भगस्य रश्मिभिः । द्युक्षं मित्रस्य सादनमर्यम्णो वरुणस्य च । अथा दधाते बृहदुक्थ्यं वय उपस्तुत्यं बृहद्वयः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.136.2

Transliteration

ádarśi gātúr uravé varī́yasī pánthā ṛtásya sám ayaṃsta raśmíbhis cákṣur bhágasya raśmíbhíḥ | dyukṣáṃ mitrásya sā́danam aryámṇo váruṇasya ca | áthā dadhāte bṛhád ukthyáṃ váya upa-stutyáṃ bṛhád váyaḥ ||

Translation

Ek chaudi raasta dikh gaya hai, sach ka raasta jo chamak ke saath judta hai, Bhagwan ke chamak ke saath. Mitra, Aryaman aur Varun ki chamakti hui seat hai. Phir woh bada bada banate hain, stuti layak baat, bada bada banate hain.

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Word by Word

• अदर्शि: was seen; appeared
• अदर्शि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (दर्शने)

• गातुः: the way; passage
• गातुः: Kartā (with अदर्शि) / subject
• Type: Noun
• Root: गातु- (√गा/गम्; ‘going, path’)

• उरवे: for the wide (one)
• उरवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उरु-

• वरीयसी: wider; very broad
• वरीयसी: Viśeṣaṇa (of पन्थाः) / predicate adjective
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरीयस्- (comparative of उरु/वर ‘wide, broad’)

• पन्थाः: path
• पन्थाः: Kartā (with अदर्शि) / subject
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्-/पन्था-

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order, truth)
• ऋतस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (of पन्थाः) / genitival relation
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत-

• सम्: together; fully
• सम्: —
• Type: Preverb/Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• अयंसत: they stretched/extended
• अयंसत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यमने)

• रश्मिभिः: with rays
• रश्मिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रश्मि-

• चक्षुः: eye; sight
• चक्षुः: Kartā (appositional) / subject-apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्-

• भगस्य: of Bhaga (the distributor/fortune-god)
• भगस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग-

• रश्मिभिः: with rays
• रश्मिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रश्मि-

• द्युक्शम्: shining; luminous (one)
• द्युक्शम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: द्युक्श- (from √द्यु/द्युत् ‘shine’)

• मित्रस्य: of Mitra
• मित्रस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र-

• सादनम्: seat; abode
• सादनम्: Karma (in apposition with द्युक्शम्) / object
• Type: Noun
• Root: सादन- (√सद् ‘sit, settle’)

• अर्यम्णः: of Aryaman
• अर्यम्णः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्यमन्-

• वरुणस्य: of Varuṇa
• वरुणस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण-

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अथा: then; thereafter
• अथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथा

• दधाते: they place; they establish
• दधाते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे)

• बृहत्: great; lofty
• बृहत्: Viśeṣaṇa (of उक्थ्यम्/वयः) / qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त्-

• उक्थ्यम्: praiseworthy; fit for hymn
• उक्थ्यम्: Karma (with दधाते) / object
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्थ्य- (from उक्थ ‘hymn/praise’)

• वयः: vigor; strength; vital power
• वयः: Karma (in apposition) / object
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस्-/वयः

• उपस्तुत्यम्: to be praised; laudable
• उपस्तुत्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (of वयः) / qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपस्तुत्य- (from उप-√स्तु ‘praise’)

• बृहत्: great
• बृहत्: Viśeṣaṇa (of वयः) / qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त्-

• वयः: vigor; strength
• वयः: Karma (with दधाते) / object
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस्-/वयः