Rig Veda 1.23.22: Mandala 1, Sukta 23, Mantra 22
Sukta 1.23
Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 1.23)
Devata: Āpaḥ (Waters)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; 4×8 structure typical of this closing purification-verse)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इदमापः प्र वहत यत्किं च दुरितं मयि । यद्वाहमभिदुद्रोह यद्वा शेप उतानृतम् ॥
Transliteration
idám ā́paḥ prá vahata yát kíṃ ca duritáṃ máyi | yád vā́ham abhi-dudróha yád vā śépe utā́nṛtam ||
Translation
O Waters, carry forward and away whatever distress and crookedness is lodged in me—whether I have turned in revolt, or whether by impulsive speech I have uttered falsehood.
Word by Word
इदम्this (thing/act)
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आपःwaters
आपः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward, away
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
वहतcarry away!
वहत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (वहति)
यत्whatever (that which)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
किम्anything
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
दुरितम्evil, sin, misdeed
दुरितम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुरित (प्रातिपदिक)
मयिin me, on me
मयि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यद्whatever (that which)
यद्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अभिदुद्रोहI have offended, I have wronged (someone)
अभिदुद्रोह:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअभि + √द्रुह् (द्रोहति)
यद्whatever (that which)
यद्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
शेपःdeception/treachery (harmful act); (also: a ‘penis’ in later usage, but here ‘harm/treachery’)
शेपः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशेप (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
अनृतम्untruth, falsehood
अनृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअनृत (प्रातिपदिक)
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