Rig Veda 10.59.3 — Mandala 10, Sukta 59, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.59
Devata: Nirṛti (averting misfortune) with implicit support of the cosmic supports (Dyauḥ, Bhūmi, Girayaḥ)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 10.59; requires full pada syllable count confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभी ष्वर्यः पौंस्यैर्भवेम द्यौर्न भूमिं गिरयो नाज्रान् । ता नो विश्वानि जरिता चिकेत परातरं सु निॠतिर्जिहीताम् ॥
Transliteration
abhī ṣvàryaḥ paúṃsyair bhavema dyaúr na bhū́miṃ giráyo nā́jrān | tā́ no víśvāni jaritā́ ciketa parā́taraṃ sú níḥṛ́tir jihītām ||
Translation
May we become victorious through the Aryan (noble) powers of manhood—firm as Heaven, broad as Earth, unshaken like the mountains. Let the Seer within discern for us all these right movements; and may Nirṛti (the power of dissolution and misfortune) withdraw far away from us.
Word by Word
अभीtowards, upon
अभी:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्वर्यःsun-bright, heaven-going (luminous)
स्वर्यः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्वर्’ + य)
पौंस्यैःwith manly powers/strengths
पौंस्यैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपौंस्य (प्रातिपदिक; from पुंस् ‘man’)
भवेमmay we become / may we be
भवेम:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू
द्यौःthe sky, heaven
द्यौः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
भूमिम्the earth
भूमिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
गिरयःmountains
गिरयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
अज्रान्open plains/fields (wide stretches)
अज्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ताthose (all those things)
ता:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / to us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
विश्वानिall (things)
विश्वानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (substantive)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
जरिताthe singer/praiser
जरिता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; from √जॄ/√जर् ‘to praise, sing’)
चिकेतmay (he) perceive/notice/understand
चिकेत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootचित्
परातरम्farther away, away
परातरम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial accusative)
Rootपरातर (प्रातिपदिक; comparative/adverbial)
सुwell, wholly
सु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु (अव्यय)
निऋतिःNirṛti (goddess of destruction/misfortune)
निऋतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनिऋति (प्रातिपदिक)
जिहीताम्let (her) leave/abandon
जिहीताम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहा (जहाति)
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