Rig Veda 1.70.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 70, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.70

Rishi: Parāśara Śāktya

Devata: Agni (as the power whose growth and right-guided movement are celebrated)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वर्धान्यं पूर्वीः क्षपो विरूपाः स्थातुश्च रथमृतप्रवीतम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.70.7

Transliteration

vardhā́nyaṃ pūrvī́ḥ kṣapó vírūpāḥ sthātúś ca rátham ṛtá-pravītam

Translation

The many former nights, diverse in form, have increased that growing power; and they set firm the chariot that is guided by the Truth—our movement yoked to R̥ta.

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Word by Word

• वर्धान्यम्: prospering, increasing
• वर्धान्यम्: कर्म (विशेष्य-रूपेण ‘रथम्’ का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्धान्य- (प्रातिपदिक; √वृध् ‘वर्धने’ से)

• पूर्वीः: the former/earlier (ones); earlier nights
• पूर्वीः: कर्तृ (वाक्य का कर्तृ-समूह)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पूर्वी- (प्रातिपदिक ‘पूर्व’ से)

• क्षपः: nights
• क्षपः: कर्तृ (पूर्वीः का अपपद/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षप्/क्षपा- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘रात्रि’)

• विरूपाः: of varied forms; diverse
• विरूपाः: कर्तृ (क्षपः का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरूप- (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थातुः: of the establisher; of the one who sets (in place)
• स्थातुः: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the establisher/one who sets’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थातृ- (प्रातिपदिक; √स्था ‘तिष्ठति’ से कर्तृ-नाम)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतप्रवीतम्: guided/led by ṛta (cosmic order); rightly guided
• ऋतप्रवीतम्: कर्म (विशेष्य-रूपेण ‘रथम्’ का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋत- + प्रवीत- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्र-√वे/√वी ‘वेयने/आवरणे’ से ‘प्रवीत’ = well-guided/led/encircled; समास)