Rig Veda 10.85.24: Mandala 10, Sukta 85, Mantra 24
Sukta 10.85
Rishi: RV 10.85 wedding sequence
Devata: Varuṇa (bond of law), Savitṛ (impulsion/formation), Ṛta as ordering principle
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र त्वा मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशाद्येन त्वाबध्नात्सविता सुशेवः । ऋतस्य योनौ सुकृतस्य लोकेऽरिष्टां त्वा सह पत्या दधामि ॥
Transliteration
pra tvā muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśād yena tvā abadhnāt savitā suśevaḥ | ṛtasya yonau sukṛtasya loke 'riṣṭāṃ tvā saha patyā dadhāmi ||
Translation
われは汝を前へと解き放つ、ヴァルナ（Varuṇa）の縛めの綱より――慈しきサヴィトリ（Savitṛ）がそれによって汝を結びしものより。ṛtaの胎内に、善く作られた世界（sukṛtaの世）に、われは汝を、損なわれることなく、汝の夫主と共に据え置く。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
त्वाyou (thee)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (asmad/yusmad-pronoun stem)
मुञ्चामिI release, set free
मुञ्चामि:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (मुचँ)
वरुणस्यof Varuṇa
वरुणस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण (prātipadika)
पाशात्from the noose/bond
पाशात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootपाश (prātipadika)
येनby which
येन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
अबध्नात्bound, fastened
अबध्नात्:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootबन्ध् (बन्धँ)
सविताSavitṛ (the Impeller)
सविता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (prātipदika)
सुशेवःmost gracious, kindly
सुशेवः:
Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-शेव (prātipadika; su- + शेव ‘kind, gracious’)
ऋतस्यof Ṛta (cosmic order)
ऋतस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (prātipadika)
योनौin the womb/seat
योनौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (prātipadika)
सुकृतस्यof good deed/merit
सुकृतस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसुकृत (prātipadika; su- + कृत)
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (prātipadika)
अरिष्टाम्unharmed, uninjured
अरिष्टाम्:
Karma (object-complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootअरिष्ट (prātipadika)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
सहtogether with
सह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (indeclinable)
पत्याwith (your) husband
पत्या:
Sahārtha (co-participant; instrumental with सह)
TypeNoun
Rootपति (prātipadika)
दधामिI place, I establish
दधामि:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (डुधाञ्)
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