Rig Veda 1.154.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 154, Mantra 5
Sukta 1.154
Rishi: Dīrghatamas Āucathya
Devata: Viṣṇu
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तदस्य प्रियमभि पाथो अश्यां नरो यत्र देवयवो मदन्ति । उरुक्रमस्य स हि बन्धुरित्था विष्णोः पदे परमे मध्व उत्सः ॥
Transliteration
tád asya priyám abhí pā́tho aśyāṁ náro yátra devayávo mádanti | uru-krámasya sá hí bándhur itthā́ viṣṇóḥ padé paramé mádhva út्साḥ ||
Translation
ನಾವು ಆ ಪ್ರಿಯ ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ತಲುಪೋಣ; ಅಲ್ಲಿ ದೇವವನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕುವ ನರರು ಹರ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಇದೇ ಉರುಕ್ರಮನ (ವಿಷ್ಣುವಿನ) ನಿಜವಾದ ಬಂಧುತ್ವ; ವಿಷ್ಣುವಿನ ಪರಮ ಪಾದದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಧುರಾನಂದದ ಸ್ರೋತವಿದೆ.
Word by Word
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (अश्याम् इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him/its
अस्य:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रियम्dear, beloved
प्रियम्:
Karma (तत् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; अश्याम् इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिtowards, unto
अभि:
Upapada (दिशा/अभिमुख्ये)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
पाथःpath, course
पाथः:
Karma (अश्याम् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootपाथस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्याम्may I attain/reach
अश्याम्:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (धातु; ‘to reach, attain’)
नरःmen
नरः:
Kartā (मदन्ति इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
देवयवःgod-seeking, devout
देवयवः:
Kartā (मदन्ति इत्यस्य; नरः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootदेवयु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘देव-यु’ = देवेषु यु/यव ‘devout, god-seeking’)
मदन्तिrejoice, are exhilarated
मदन्ति:
Kriyā (उपवाक्ये)
TypeVerb
Rootमद् (धातु; ‘to be exhilarated, rejoice’)
उरुक्रमस्यof the wide-strider (Viṣṇu)
उरुक्रमस्य:
Sambandha (बन्धुः इत्यस्य षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootउरुक्रम (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णोः विशेषणम्)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā (अस्ति/भवति इत्यर्थे)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed, for
हि:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपातार्थः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
बन्धुःkinsman, relation, connection
बन्धुः:
Pradhāna-nāma (सम्बन्धवाचकः; ‘सः … बन्धुः’)
TypeNoun
Rootबन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
इत्थाthus, in this manner
इत्था:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (रीतिवाचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्था (अव्यय)
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
Sambandha (पदे इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
पदेin the step/footprint, in the place
पदे:
Adhikaraṇa (स्थानाधिकरणम्)
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
परमेhighest, supreme
परमे:
Adhikaraṇa (विशेषणत्वेन)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
मध्वःof sweetness, of honey (mead)
मध्वः:
Sambandha (उत्सः इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
उत्सःspring, fountain
उत्सः:
Kartā/Pradhāna-nāma (नामवाक्ये; ‘उत्सः’)
TypeNoun
Rootउत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
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