Rig Veda 1.162.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 162, Mantra 7
Sukta 1.162
Rishi: Dīrghatamas Aucathya
Devata: Devas collectively; the bearer/vehicle (vītapṛṣṭha) as symbolic support of the rite
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उप प्रागात्सुमन्मेऽधायि मन्म देवानामाशा उप वीतपृष्ठः । अन्वेनं विप्रा ऋषयो मदन्ति देवानां पुष्टे चकृमा सुबन्धुम् ॥
Transliteration
úpa prá agāt sumán me ’dhāyi mánma devā́nām ā́śā úpa vītápṛṣṭhaḥ | ánv enaṃ víprā ṛ́ṣayo madanti devā́nāṃ púṣṭe cakṛma subándhum ||
Translation
それは近づき、前へと進み来た。わが内に善き思いが据えられた――神々（देवाः）へ望みを向ける思いが。広き背をもつ運び手が近づき来る。それに従って、ヴィプラ（賢者）とリシ（ऋषि）たちは歓喜する。神々の増益のために、われらは善き結びの縁を結んだ。
Word by Word
उपnear, towards; up (as preverb)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
प्रforth, forward (as preverb)
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग)
आगात्came, approached
आगात्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छति)
सुमत्good thought, good intent
सुमत्:
Kartā (with आगात्) / or Karma (as ‘came as/with good thought’)
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootसु- + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
मेof me, my
मे:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अधायिwas placed, was set
अधायि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√धा
मनःmind, thought
मनः:
Kartā (with अधायि, in passive: ‘mind was set’) / or Karma (what is placed)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
आशाःhopes, expectations
आशाः:
Kartā (understood: ‘hopes/expectations [are]…’) / apposition
TypeNoun
Rootआशा (प्रातिपदिक)
उपnear, towards
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
वीतपृष्ठःhaving the back/upper surface adorned/covered (epithet)
वीतपृष्ठः:
Kartā (implied subject with आगात्) / viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi epithet)
Rootवीत- + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि)
अनुafter, along
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
एनम्him, this one
एनम्:
Karma (with मदन्ति)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (enad- stem)
विप्राःinspired poets/priests
विप्राः:
Kartā (with मदन्ति)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषयःseers
ऋषयः:
Kartā (with मदन्ति; in apposition to विप्राः)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
मदन्तिrejoice, exult
मदन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√मद्
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
पुष्टेin/for nourishment, prosperity
पुष्टे:
Adhikaraṇa (locative: ‘in/for nourishment/prosperity’)
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
चक्रिमwe have made, we have done
चक्रिम:
—
TypeVerb
Root√कृ
सुबन्धुम्a good kinsman/ally; good relation
सुबन्धुम्:
Karma (with चक्रिम)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसु- + बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
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