Rig Veda 7.53.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 53, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.53

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī with associated Viśve Devāḥ (daivya jana)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र पूर्वजे पितरा नव्यसीभिर्गीर्भिः कृणुध्वं सदने ऋतस्य । आ नो द्यावापृथिवी दैव्येन जनेन यातं महि वां वरूथम् ॥

Transliteration

prá pūrvajé pitarā́ návyasībhiḥ gīrbhíḥ kṛṇudhvam sádane ṛtásya | ā́ no dyāvāpṛthivī daívyena jánena yātam máhi vāṃ várūtham ||

Translation

おお先に生まれし父母よ、つねに新しき歌詞をもって、リタ（Ṛta、正序）の座において汝らの臨在を成し立てよ。天と地よ、神聖なる諸族（力）とともにわれらのもとへ来たれ。汝らの護りの広がりは、まことに大いなるかな。

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• पूर्वजे: in/among the forefathers (ancestors)
• पूर्वजे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वज (prātipadika: ‘born before, ancestor’ < पूर्व + ज ‘be born’)

• पितरा: the two Fathers (Heaven and Earth / ancestral pair)
• पितरा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (prātipadika)

• नव्यसीभिः: with newer (fresh)
• नव्यसीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव्यसी (comparative-instrumental stem from नव्य ‘new, fresh’)

• गीर्भिः: with hymns/songs
• गीर्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (prātipadika: ‘song, hymn, voice’)

• कृणुध्वम्: make, fashion, prepare (for yourselves)
• कृणुध्वम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• सदने: in the seat/abode
• सदने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन (prātipadika: ‘seat, abode, assembly’)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order)
• ऋतस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (prātipadika: ‘cosmic order, truth’)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (prātipadika)

• द्यावापृथिवी: Heaven-and-Earth
• द्यावापृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यावापृथिवी (dvandva prātipadika: द्यावा + पृथिवी)

• दैव्येन: with (the) divine
• दैव्येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैव्य (adj. prātipadika: ‘divine’ < देव)

• जनेन: with the people/host
• जनेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (prātipadika: ‘people, race, host’)

• यातम्: come, go (you two)
• यातम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• महि: greatly, mightily
• महि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महि (avyaya; also related to मह्/मह ‘great’)

• वाम्: of you two / for you two
• वाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (prātipadika)

• वरूथम्: protection, shelter
• वरूथम्: Karma (as object of implied ‘grant/bring’ with यातम्) / or predicate-noun
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरूथ (prātipadika: ‘protection, shelter, defense’)