Rig Veda 7.85.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 85, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.85

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Indra–Varuṇa

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पुनीषे वामरक्षसं मनीषां सोममिन्द्राय वरुणाय जुह्वत् । घृतप्रतीकामुषसं न देवीं ता नो यामन्नुरुष्यतामभीके ॥

Transliteration

punī́ṣe vāṃ arakṣásaṃ manīṣā́ṃ sómam índrāya váruṇāya júhvat | ghṛtá-pratīkām uṣásaṃ ná devī́ṃ tā́ no yā́mann uruṣyatām abhī́ke ||

Translation

I purify for you two a thought free from hostile powers, offering the Soma to Indra and to Varuṇa. Like the goddess Dawn with her ghee-bright face, may you two protect us on the journey, close at hand.

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Word by Word

• पुनीषे: I purify / I cleanse
• पुनीषे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: पु (धातु) / पुन् (शुद्धौ)

• वाम: for you two / of you two
• वाम: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अरक्षसम्: non-demonic, free from harm
• अरक्षसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक; न-रक्षस् ‘राक्षस/हानिकारक’)

• मनीषाम्: thought, inspired insight
• मनीषाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषा (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमम्: Soma (the pressed offering)
• सोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुणाय: for Varuṇa
• वरुणाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• जुह्वत्: offering, pouring (as I offer)
• जुह्वत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: हु (धातु)

• घृतप्रतीकाम्: whose face/appearance is ghee-bright
• घृतप्रतीकाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृत-प्रतीक (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुष)

• उषसम्: Uṣas (Dawn)
• उषसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• ता: those two (goddesses/powers)
• ता: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• यामन्: on the path / in the course (of the journey)
• यामन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उरुष्यताम्: let the two protect (us)
• उरुष्यताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: उरुष्य् (धातु; ‘to protect, to make wide/safe’)

• अभीके: nearby, in close presence
• अभीके: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun/Adverbial noun
• Root: अभीक (प्रातिपदिक)