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Rig Veda 3.39.7: Mandala 3, Sukta 39, Mantra 7

Sukta 3.39

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional attribution for RV 3)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ज्योतिर्वृणीत तमसो विजानन्नारे स्याम दुरितादभीके । इमा गिरः सोमपाः सोमवृद्ध जुषस्वेन्द्र पुरुतमस्य कारोः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 3.39.7
Transliteration

jyótir vṛṇīta támaso vi-jānán nā́re syāma duritā́d abhī́ke | imā́ giraḥ soma-pāḥ soma-vṛddha juṣásvendra puru-támasya kāróḥ ||

Translation

Choosing the Light, discerning it from the Darkness, may we be far from distress, even when it presses near. These utterances—O Soma-drinker, O Soma-increased—accept, O Indra, from the doer of many works (of wide and manifold striving).

Word by Word
ज्योतिःlight
ज्योतिः:
कर्म (वृणीत) / (वैकल्पिक) कर्म-विशेष्य
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
वृणीतchooses
वृणीत:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणोति ‘choose’)
तमसःfrom darkness
तमसः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
विजानन्knowing, discerning
विजानन्:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (वृणीत-कर्तुः)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√ज्ञा (वि + √ज्ञा ‘discern/know’)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
आरेfar away
आरे:
अधिकरण (भावार्थे: ‘दूरे’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआरे (अव्यय)
स्यामmay we be
स्याम:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू/अस् ‘to be’)
दुरितात्from distress/sin
दुरितात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootदुरित (प्रातिपदिक)
अभीकेin nearness, close at hand
अभीके:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun/Adjective (used adverbially)
Rootअभीक (प्रातिपदिक)
इमाःthese
इमाः:
कर्म (जुषस्व)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गिरःsongs, hymns
गिरः:
कर्म (जुषस्व) / (वैकल्पिक) कर्तृ (इमाः गिरः) सह
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमपाःO Soma-drinker
सोमपाः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootसोमपा (सोम + पा ‘drinker’) (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमवृद्धO Soma-increased/strengthened
सोमवृद्ध:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootसोमवृद्ध (सोम + वृद्ध) (प्रातिपदिक)
जुषस्वenjoy/accept
जुषस्व:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√जुष् (जुषते ‘take pleasure in/accept’)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरुतमस्यof the most abundant/many
पुरुतमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (कारोः) / (वैकल्पिक) विशेषण-सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरुतम (पुरु + तम) (प्रातिपदिक)
कारोःof the singer/poet
कारोः:
सम्बन्ध (इमाः गिरः … कारोः)
TypeNoun
Rootकारु (प्रातिपदिक)
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