Rig Veda 2.28.9: Mandala 2, Sukta 28, Mantra 9
Sukta 2.28
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
Devata: Varuṇa (with Uṣas as supportive imagery)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पर ऋणा सावीरध मत्कृतानि माहं राजन्नन्यकृतेन भोजम् । अव्युष्टा इन्नु भूयसीरुषास आ नो जीवान्वरुण तासु शाधि ॥
Transliteration
pára ṛṇā́ sāvīr ádha mát-kṛtāni mā́haṃ rājan anyá-kṛtena bhójam | avy-uṣṭā́ ín nu bhū́yasīr uṣā́sa ā́ no jīvā́n varuṇa tā́su śā́dhi ||
Translation
負い目を払い去り、ついでわがなした過ちをも取り除いてください。王よ、他人のなしたことによって、われが苦しむことのないように。ウシャス（Uṣas：暁）の光が、なおいっそうわれらに妨げられずにあるように。ヴァルナよ、われらを生へと導き、その目覚めのうちに正しき成就へと整えてください。
Word by Word
परaway, off; forth
पर:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपर (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा √पॄ (पूरणे) से व्युत्पन्न
ऋणाःdebts, obligations
ऋणाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋण (प्रातिपदिक)
सावीःdrive away, remove (you should remove)
सावीः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√सू (सवने/प्रसवे) ; सावीः = लोट्/आशीर्लिङ् रूप (वेदिक)
अधthen, and then
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (निपात)
मत्कृतानि(sins/deeds) done by me
मत्कृतानि:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध) + कृत (√कृ) ; प्रातिपदिक: मत्कृत
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
राजन्O king (Varuṇa)
राजन्:
—
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्यकृतेनby what is done by another; through another’s deed
अन्यकृतेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (√कृ) ; प्रातिपदिक: अन्यकृत
भोजम्may I suffer/partake (the consequence)
भोजम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भुज् (भोगे/पालने) ; भोजम् = 1sg opt./subj. (वेदिक) अथवा injunctive
अव्युष्टाःnot yet dawned; undawned
अव्युष्टाः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ- (नञ्) + व्युष्ट (√वस्/√उष् ‘प्रभाते/उषसि’) ; प्रातिपदिक: अव्युष्ट
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद्/इत् (निपात)
नुnow, indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
भूयसीःmore, many
भूयसीः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभूयस् (तुलनात्मक-प्रातिपदिक ‘more’)
उषासःdawns
उषासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
आto, toward; hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
नःto us; for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
जीवान्living, alive
जीवान्:
Karma (फल-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√जीव् (जीवने) ; वर्तमान कृदन्त: जीवन्
वरुणO Varuṇa
वरुण:
—
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
तासुin those (dawns)
तासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
शाधिset in order, make (it) right; grant/ordain
शाधि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√शास् (शासने/अनुशासने)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free Google sign-in keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.