Rig Veda 7.34.15: Mandala 7, Sukta 34, Mantra 15
Sukta 7.34
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (presumed)
Devata: Apām Napāt (often allied with Agni; hidden fire in the waters)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सजूर्देवेभिरपां नपातं सखायं कृध्वं शिवो नो अस्तु ॥
Transliteration
sajú̄r devébhir apā́ṃ napātaṃ sákhāyaṃ kṛdhvaṃ śivó no astu ॥
Translation
देवताओं के साथ मिलकर आपम नपात को अपना दोस्त बना लो। वो हमारे लिए अच्छा हो और खुशी दे।
Word by Word
सजूःtogether, in concord
सजूः:
Adhikaraṇa (सहभाव/समवाय-अर्थे) अथवा क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसजूः (प्रातिपदिक; अव्ययीभाव/तद्धित-निपातवत्)
देवेभिःwith the gods
देवेभिः:
Karaṇa (सहकारि/सहचर-भावे ‘with the gods’)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः) — ‘of the waters’
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
नपातम्the offspring/son (Apāṃ Napāt)
नपातम्:
Karma (कृध्वम् इत्यस्य) — ‘make/appoint …’
TypeNoun
Rootनपात् (प्रातिपदिक)
सखायम्a friend
सखायम्:
Karma (कृध्वम् इत्यस्य) — ‘(as) a friend’
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रातिपदिक)
कृध्वम्make (him), appoint
कृध्वम्:
(मुख्य क्रिया) — कर्ता: यूयम् (अध्याहृत) ; कर्म: नपातम्/सखायम्
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
शिवःauspicious, gracious
शिवः:
Kartā (अस्तु इत्यस्य) — ‘may (he) be gracious’
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us, our
नः:
Sampradāna/अनुग्रह-लाभार्थे (दत्त्यर्थ-सम्बन्धः) — ‘to/for us’
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अस्तुmay (he) be
अस्तु:
(मुख्य क्रिया) — कर्ता: शिवः (अर्थतः अपां नपात्)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
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