Rig Veda 6.54.1: Mandala 6, Sukta 54, Mantra 1
Sukta 6.54
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition
Devata: Pūṣan
Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (probable; verify metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सं पूषन्विदुषा नय यो अञ्जसानुशासति । य एवेदमिति ब्रवत् ॥
Transliteration
sáṁ pū́ṣan vidúṣā naya yó áñjasā́nuśā́sati | yá evédám íti brávat ||
Translation
पूषन, हमें सही रास्ता दिखाके ले चलो। वो रास्ता जो सीधा है, जहाँ कोई भटकना नहीं पड़ता। जैसे कोई बोल दे, 'यही है वो रास्ता, यहाँ से जाओ।'
Word by Word
सम्together; completely (prefix)
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
पूषन्O Pūṣan
पूषन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootपूषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
विदुषाwith the knowing one; with (your) knowledge/knower
विदुषा:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootविद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक; √विद् ‘to know’)
नयlead!
नय:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√नी (नयति)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अञ्जसाstraight; directly
अञ्जसा:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअञ्जसा (अव्यय/निपात; ‘straight, directly’)
अनुशासतिinstructs; directs
अनुशासति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√शास् (अनु-शासति)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed; just
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (निपात)
इदम्this
इदम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इतिthus; ‘so’ (quotative)
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (निपात)
ब्रवत्speaks; says
ब्रवत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ब्रू (ब्रवीति)
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