Rig Veda 1.152.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 152, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.152

Rishi: Dīrghatamas Āucathya (traditional attribution for RV 1.152–1.153; Mitra–Varuṇa hymns)

Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas; typical for these invocations)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ वां मित्रावरुणा हव्यजुष्टिं नमसा देवाववसा ववृत्याम् । अस्माकं ब्रह्म पृतनासु सह्या अस्माकं वृष्टिर्दिव्या सुपारा ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.152.7

Transliteration

ā vā́m mitrāvaruṇā havyá-juṣṭiṁ námasā devāv ávasā vavṛtyām | asmā́kaṁ bráhma pṛ́tanāsu sahyā́ asmā́kaṁ vṛ́ṣṭir divyā́ su-pā́rā ||

Translation

ഹേ മിത്ര-വരുണന്മാരേ, ഹവ്യജുഷ്ടിയിലേക്കു—അർപ്പണത്തിന്റെ ആനന്ദത്തിലേക്കു—നമസ്കാരത്തോടെ, ദേവന്മാരേ, നിങ്ങളുടെ രക്ഷാശക്തിയാൽ ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളെ ഞങ്ങളിലേക്കു തിരിക്കുന്നു. യുദ്ധങ്ങളിൽ/അന്തരംഗ പോരാട്ടങ്ങളിൽ ഞങ്ങളുടെ ബ്രഹ്മ (പ്രേരിത വാക്ക്) ജയിക്കട്ടെ; ഞങ്ങളുടെ ദിവ്യ വൃഷ്ടി (കൃപാവൃഷ്ടി) ‘സുപാരാ’—എളുപ്പത്തിൽ കടത്തിവിടുന്നതായി—ഞങ്ങളെ സുരക്ഷിതമായി അപ്പുറം എത്തിക്കട്ടെ.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• वाम्: of you two / you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna (addressed/recipient) / Karma (object) (contextual)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• मित्रावरुणा: O Mitra and Varuṇa
• मित्रावरुणा: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (proper, dual)
• Root: मित्र + वरुण (devatā-names)

• हव्यजुष्टिम्: the welcome/acceptance of the oblation
• हव्यजुष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य-जुष्टि (tatpuruṣa; from हव्य ‘oblation’ + √जुष् ‘to enjoy/accept’ → जुष्टि ‘acceptance/favour’)

• नमसा: with reverence; with homage
• नमसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्

• देवा: O gods (you two)
• देवा: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव

• अववसा: with help; with favour
• अववसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (abstract) / Indeclinable-like instrumental
• Root: अव-√वस् (Vedic; ‘to aid/favour, be gracious’; noun-form in -asā)

• ववृत्याम्: may I turn/choose (approach)
• ववृत्याम्: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (वृ) ‘to choose/turn oneself/seek’; reduplicated aorist optative middle

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (1st person pronoun)

• ब्रह्म: sacred formulation; prayer
• ब्रह्म: Kartā (subject) / or Karma depending on construal
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्

• पृतनासु: in battles
• पृतनासु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृतना

• सह्या: victorious; able to withstand/overcome
• सह्या: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह्य (from √सह् ‘to overcome/endure’; adjectival)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• वृष्टिः: rain; rainfall
• वृष्टिः: Kartā (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (from √वृष् ‘to rain’)

• दिव्या: heavenly; from the sky
• दिव्या: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (from दिव् ‘heaven’)

• सुपारा: well-conveying; bringing good passage/prosperity
• सुपारा: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-पार (bahuvrīhi/karmadhāraya; सु ‘good’ + पार ‘crossing/bringing across’)