Rig Veda 7.88.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 88, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.88

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Varuṇa

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र शुन्ध्युवं वरुणाय प्रेष्ठां मतिं वसिष्ठ मीळ्हुषे भरस्व । य ईमर्वाञ्चं करते यजत्रं सहस्रामघं वृषणं बृहन्तम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.88.1

Transliteration

prá śundhyúvam váruṇāya préṣṭhāṃ matíṃ vasiṣṭha mīḷhúṣe bharasva | yá īm arvā́ñcaṃ kárate yájatraṃ sahásrāmaghaṃ vṛ́ṣaṇaṃ bṛhántam ||

Translation

Majukanlah, wahai Vasiṣṭha, bagi Varuṇa—sang pemberi yang murah—pikiran yang paling terkasih. Dialah yang membuat daya-persembahan berbalik menuju kami; ia layak dipuja, kaya seribu kelimpahan, Sang Banteng yang perkasa, Yang Mahaluas.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• शुन्धि: purify!
• शुन्धि: (predicate; addressed to Varuṇa)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुध् (शुन्ध्) ‘to purify’

• युवम्: you two
• युवम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• वरुणाय: for Varuṇa
• वरुणाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: वरुण

• प्र: forth
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• प्रेष्ठाम्: most dear, best
• प्रेष्ठाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रेष्ठ (superlative of प्रिय/प्रि ‘dear’)

• मतिम्: thought, hymn, intention
• मतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति

• वसिष्ठ: O Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठ: (addressed)
• Type: Noun (proper; vocative)
• Root: वसिष्ठ

• मीळ्हुषे: to the gracious/bountiful one
• मीळ्हुषे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: मीळ्हु (epithet ‘bountiful/merciful’; from √मृड्/मिळ्ह् in Vedic usage)

• भरस्व: bring!
• भरस्व: (predicate; addressed to Vasiṣṭha)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ ‘to bear, bring’

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद्

• ईम्: indeed, just, him
• ईम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ईम्

• अर्वाञ्चम्: turned hither, coming toward (us)
• अर्वाञ्चम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाञ्च्

• करते: makes
• करते: (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ ‘to make, do’

• यजत्रम्: worthy of worship
• यजत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यजत्र

• सहस्रामघम्: of thousand gifts, richly bounteous
• सहस्रामघम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-मघ (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa: ‘having thousandfold gifts’)

• वृषणम्: the bull; the vigorous one
• वृषणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृषन्

• बृहन्तम्: great, lofty
• बृहन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त्