Rig Veda 10.178.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 178, Mantra 2

Sukta 10.178

Devata: Tārkṣya (continuation) with Indra as comparative exemplar

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इन्द्रस्येव रातिमाजोहुवानाः स्वस्तये नावमिवा रुहेम । उर्वी न पृथ्वी बहुले गभीरे मा वामेतौ मा परेतौ रिषाम ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.178.2

Transliteration

índrasyeva rātím ā́johuvānāḥ svastáye nā́vam ivā́ ruhema | urvī́ ná pṛthvī́ bahulé gabhī́re mā́ vām etáu mā́ parétau riṣāma ||

Translation

Memohon anugerah laksana dari Indra, semoga kami menungganginya seperti perahu demi sejahtera. Luas bagaikan bumi yang lebar dan dalam—semoga kami tak tersakiti, baik saat datang maupun saat pergi, dalam lintasan ini.

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• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• रातिम्: gift, bounty
• रातिम्: कर्म (object of implied ‘to obtain/receive’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राति (प्रातिपदिक; √रा/√दा ‘to give’ से ‘gift’)

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• जोहुवानाः: repeatedly invoking
• जोहुवानाः: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √हू (जुहोति) ‘to call/invoke’

• स्वस्तये: for well-being, for safety
• स्वस्तये: सम्प्रदान (purpose/beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)

• नावम्: a boat
• नावम्: कर्म (object with verb of mounting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाव्/नौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• रुहेम: may we mount/ascend
• रुहेम: क्रिया (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुह् ‘to mount, ascend’

• उर्वी: broad, wide (one)
• उर्वी: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (subject/predicate term)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: उर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पृथ्वी: the Earth
• पृथ्वी: उपमान (standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथ्वी (प्रातिपदिक)

• बहुले: in abundance, manifold
• बहुले: अधिकरण (locative circumstance)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुल (प्रातिपदिक)

• गभीरे: in the deep (place), deep
• गभीरे: अधिकरण/विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गभीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• वाम्: you two / of you two
• वाम्: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (contextual)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• एतौ: these two
• एतौ: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• परेतौ: having gone away, departed
• परेतौ: कर्तृ (with ‘एतौ’)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √इ (to go) with preverb परा-; ‘परेत’ (gone forth)

• रिषाम: may I be harmed / let (me/us) not be harmed
• रिषाम: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रिष् ‘to be harmed, to suffer injury’