Rig Veda 10.35.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 35, Mantra 2
Sukta 10.35
Rishi: Unknown/varied attributions in tradition for RV 10.35; commonly associated with dawn/fire imagery (check specific Anukramaṇī for exact seer)
Devata: Composite invocation: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī, Sūrya, Uṣas, Soma (with an underlying prayer for auspiciousness/protection)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; RV 10.35 is commonly in Jagatī with recurring refrain patterns in later verses)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
दिवस्पृथिव्योरव आ वृणीमहे मातॄन्त्सिन्धून्पर्वताञ्छर्यणावतः । अनागास्त्वं सूर्यमुषासमीमहे भद्रं सोमः सुवानो अद्या कृणोतु नः ॥
Transliteration
divás pṛthivyór áva ā́ vṛṇīmahe mātṝ́n sindhū́n párvatāñ char-yaṇā́vataḥ | anāgā́s tváṁ sū́ryam uṣā́sām īmahe bhadráṁ sómaḥ suvānáḥ adyā́ kṛṇotu naḥ ||
Translation
天と地より、われらは救いの護りを選び取る。また支える母たち—河々と、動きと力に富む堅固なる山々—を呼び招く。咎なき御方よ、われらは太陽と内なる暁（Uṣas）を祈り求める。今日搾り出されたソーマ（Soma）が、われらに吉祥なる善を成し遂げよ。
Word by Word
दिवःof heaven
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ ‘स्वर्ग’)
पृथिव्योःof the two earths (heaven-and-earth pair)
पृथिव्योः:
सम्बन्ध/अधिकारण (contextual)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
अवःhelp, protection
अवः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
वृणीमहेwe choose/seek
वृणीमहे:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: वयम्)
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (वृणीते) ‘choose, seek’
मातॄन्the mothers
मातॄन्:
कर्म (वृणीमहे)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
सिन्धून्the rivers
सिन्धून्:
कर्म (वृणीमहे)
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
पर्वतान्the mountains
पर्वतान्:
कर्म (वृणीमहे)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
शर्यणावतःthe Sharyāṇavat (mountains), i.e., those endowed with ‘शर्यणा’
शर्यणावतः:
कर्म (as qualifier of पर्वतान्)
TypeAdjective
Rootशर्यणावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having/possessing शर्यणा’)
अनागाःsinless, guiltless
अनागाः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअनागस् (प्रातिपदिक; a- + आगस् ‘sin’)
त्वम्thou
त्वम्:
कर्ता (मीमहे)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यम्the Sun
सूर्यम्:
कर्म (मीमहे)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
उषासम्Dawn
उषासम्:
कर्म (मीमहे)
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
ईमहेwe seek/implore
ईमहे:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: वयम्)
TypeVerb
Rootई (ईयते/ईमहे) ‘seek, implore, go to’ (वैदिक)
भद्रम्auspicious good
भद्रम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
कर्ता (कृणोतु)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
सुवानःbeing pressed/expressed
सुवानः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeParticiple
Rootसु (धातु) + वान (कृत्-प्रत्यय; PPP/participle) → सुवान ‘pressing/being pressed, being poured’ (वैदिक)
अद्यtoday, now
अद्य:
अधिकारण (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
कृणोतुmay he make
कृणोतु:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: सोमः)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (करोति) ‘make, do’
नःfor us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (beneficiary)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
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