Rig Veda 1.43.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 43, Mantra 6
Sukta 1.43
Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa (traditional for RV 1.43)
Devata: Rudra (as pacifier and protector of movement and life-powers)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 pādas of 8 syllables; typical for concise invocations)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शं नः करत्यर्वते सुगं मेषाय मेष्ये । नृभ्यो नारिभ्यो गवे ॥
Transliteration
śáṃ naḥ karaty árvate sugáṃ meṣā́ya meṣyè | nṛ́bhyo nā́ribhyo gávē ||
Translation
彼はわれらに安寧をもたらし——われらの力の駿馬に善き道を開き、牡羊と牝羊に、男たちに、女たちに、そして内なる光の牝牛（ガヴィー）に、安らかな通行と正しい運行を与えたまえ。
Word by Word
शम्auspiciously; welfare
शम्:
कर्म (फल/प्रयोजन-रूपेण ‘कल्याणम्’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक; PIE *ḱem- ‘calm, auspicious’)
नःfor us; our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (अधिकार/सम्बन्धः—‘for us/our’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
करतुlet (him) make; may he do
करतु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
अर्वतेfor the horse; for the steed-owner
अर्वते:
सम्प्रदान (दत्त/हित-प्राप्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्वत् (प्रातिपदिक ‘अश्व/अश्ववान्’)
सुगम्a good path; easy passage
सुगम्:
कर्म (यत् कर्तुं प्रार्थ्यते—‘सुगं करोतु’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसु-ग (प्रातिपदिक; सु + ग ‘going/walk/way’)
मेषायfor the ram
मेषाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootमेष (प्रातिपदिक)
मेष्येfor the ewe
मेष्ये:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootमेष्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ewe’, fem. of मेष)
नृभ्यःfor men
नृभ्यः:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (प्रातिपदिक)
नारिभ्यःfor women
नारिभ्यः:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootनारी (प्रातिपदिक)
गवेfor the cow; for cattle
गवे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
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