Rig Veda 1.26.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 26, Mantra 9
Sukta 1.26
Rishi: वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha) (traditional attribution for RV 1.26)
Devata: Agni (addressed as Amṛta) / divine principle of immortality
Chandas: गायत्री (Gāyatrī) (RV 1.26.1 is commonly Gāyatrī in the Agni hymns)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अथा न उभयेषाममृत मर्त्यानाम् । मिथः सन्तु प्रशस्तयः ॥
Transliteration
áthā na ubháyeṣām amṛta mártyānām | míthaḥ santu práśastayaḥ ||
Translation
हे अमृत वाले, अब दोनों तरफ से तारीफ हों। देवता भी हमारे काम की तारीफ करें, हम भी उनकी। इससे दोनों की सही मेल होती है। भगवान की शक्ति और इंसान की मेहनत एक दूसरे को समझें।
Word by Word
अथthen; now; thereafter
अथ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (avyaya)
नःof us; our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
उभयेषाम्of both (sides)
उभयेषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootउभय- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘both’)
अमृतO immortal (one)
अमृत:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअमृत- (a- + मृत ‘mortal’)
मर्त्यानाम्of mortals
मर्त्यानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य-
मिथःmutually; with one another
मिथः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमिथस् (avyaya)
सन्तुlet (them) be
सन्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
प्रशस्तयःpraises; commendations
प्रशस्तयः:
कर्तृ (of ‘सन्तु’)
TypeNoun
Rootप्र-शस्-ति- (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक ‘praise, commendation’)
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