Rig Veda 7.59.12: Mandala 7, Sukta 59, Mantra 12
Sukta 7.59
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional placement within RV 7.59)
Devata: Rudra (Tryambaka; later Śiva association)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (commonly assigned; requires metrical confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् । उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात् ॥
Transliteration
tryámbakaṃ yajāmahe sugándhiṃ puṣṭivárdhanam | urvārukám iva bándhanān mṛtyór mukṣīya mā́mṛtāt ||
Translation
We offer in adoration to the Three-Eyed, fragrant in being, increaser of plenitude. As a ripe gourd is loosed from its stalk, may I be released from the bond of death—yet not from immortality.
Word by Word
त्र्यम्बकम्the three-eyed (Rudra/Śiva)
त्र्यम्बकम्:
कर्म (यजामहे इति क्रियायाः)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootत्रि-अम्बक (प्रातिपदिक) / अम्बक
यजामहेwe worship / we sacrifice
यजामहे:
क्रिया (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः: वयम्)
TypeVerb
Rootयज्
सुगन्धिम्fragrant, sweet-smelling
सुगन्धिम्:
कर्म (यजामहे; त्र्यम्बकम् विशेषयति)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-गन्धि (प्रातिपदिक) / गन्ध
पुष्टिवर्धनम्increasing nourishment/prosperity
पुष्टिवर्धनम्:
कर्म (यजामहे; त्र्यम्बकम् विशेषयति)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootपुष्टि-वर्धन (प्रातिपदिक) / वर्ध्
उर्वारुकम्a cucumber / gourd
उर्वारुकम्:
उपमान-रूपेण कर्म (इव-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootउर्वारुक (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
उपमान-निर्देशक (तुलना)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
बन्धनात्from the bond / from bondage
बन्धनात्:
अपादान (मुक्षीय इति क्रियायाः)
TypeNoun
Rootबन्धन (प्रातिपदिक) / बन्ध्
मृत्योःof death
मृत्योः:
सम्बन्ध (बन्धनात् इत्यस्य: ‘मृत्योः बन्धनात्’)
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
मुक्षीयmay I be released
मुक्षीय:
क्रिया (प्रार्थना)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच्
माnot; lest
मा:
क्रिया-निषेध-सम्बन्धः (मुक्षीय)
TypeIndeclinable (prohibitive particle)
Rootमा
अमृतात्from immortality
अमृतात्:
अपादान (मा…मुक्षीय: ‘अमृतात्’)
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
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