Rig Veda 1.25.3 — Mandala 1, Sukta 25, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.25

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha Maitrāvaruṇi (traditional assignment for RV 1.25)

Devata: Varuṇa (Āditya; guardian of ṛta)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas; standard for many Varuṇa hymns)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वि मृळीकाय ते मनो रथीरश्वं न संदितम् । गीर्भिर्वरुण सीमहि ॥

Transliteration

ví mṛ́ḷīkāya te máno rathī́r áśvaṃ ná sáṃditam | gīrbhír varuṇa sīmahi ||

Translation

Demi kemurahan-Mu, wahai Varuṇa, kami memasang (menyelaraskan) budi kami—seperti sais memasang kuda yang terikat rapi—dengan gita puji yang terilham, agar ia bergerak menurut tertib Ṛta (Kebenaran-Mu).

Word by Word

• वि: apart, forth, asunder (intensifier/dispersion)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि- (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय

• मृळी॒काय॑: for mercy; for graciousness
• मृळी॒काय॑: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृळीक (प्रातिपदिक) < √मृड्/मृळ् ‘to be gracious, to show mercy’

• ते: of you; your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्/युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मनः: mind; intention
• मनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रथीः: a charioteer; one who drives a chariot
• रथीः: Kartā (उपमान-रूपेण) / विशेषण
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथी (प्रातिपदिक) < रथ ‘chariot’

• अश्वम्: a horse
• अश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• सन्दितम्: well-yoked / well-set / properly arranged
• सन्दितम्: Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: सम्-√दा (ददाति) / √धा?; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (वैदिक प्रयोग) — ‘सन्दित’ = ‘सम्यक् दत्त/निहित/संहित’

• गीर्भिः: with hymns; by praises
• गीर्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीर्/गिर् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘song, hymn, praise’

• वरुण: O Varuṇa
• वरुण: — (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• सीमहि: we bind/attach (to ourselves); we seek to win/propitiate
• सीमहि: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सी (सीमति/सीमयति; वैदिक) ‘to bind, to fasten; to attach/bring near; to propitiate (by binding with praise)’