Rig Veda 6.53.1: Mandala 6, Sukta 53, Mantra 1
Sukta 6.53
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition (Mandala 6 attribution)
Devata: Pūṣan (Pathaspati)
Chandas: Gayatri (likely; short 3×8 pattern—needs verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वयमु त्वा पथस्पते रथं न वाजसातये । धिये पूषन्नयुज्महि ॥
Transliteration
vayám u tvā pathaspate ráthaṃ na vā́jasātaye | dhiyé pūṣann ayujmahi ||
Translation
われらは汝を、道の主（Pathaspati）よ、豊穣の獲得のために、戦車のごとく繋ぎとめる。プーシャン（Pūṣan）よ、われらは汝を思惟（dhī）に結び、行路を成就せしめる。
Word by Word
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पथस्पतेO lord of the paths
पथस्पते:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (compound vocative)
Rootपथस् + पति (प्रातिपदिक; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
रथम्chariot
रथम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात/उपमा-प्रयोग)
वाजसातयेfor winning the prize/booty
वाजसातये:
सम्प्रदान (प्रयोजनार्थ-दत्तिः)
TypeNoun (dative of purpose)
Rootवाजसाति (प्रातिपदिक; वाज + साति)
धियेfor (our) thought/prayer
धिये:
सम्प्रदान (प्रयोजनार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootधि (प्रातिपदिक)
पूषन्O Pūṣan
पूषन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (deity name)
Rootपूषन् (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अयुज्महिwe yoked / we harnessed (for ourselves)
अयुज्महि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (धातु; ‘to yoke/join’) + अ (अङ्-आगम; लुङ्/आर्ष-प्रयोग) + आत्मनेपद
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