Rig Veda 1.25.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 25, Mantra 6
Sukta 1.25
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha Maitrāvaruṇi
Devata: Varuṇa (dhṛta-vrata)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तदित्समानमाशाते वेनन्ता न प्र युच्छतः । धृतव्रताय दाशुषे ॥
Transliteration
tád ít samānám āśāté venántā ná prá yúcchataḥ | dhṛtá-vratāya dāśúṣe ||
Translation
അതേ സമ്പൂർണ്ണതയെ അവർ ഇരുവരും ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു; മുന്നോട്ടുള്ള ഗതിയിൽ അവർ ഒരിക്കലും വഴുതുന്നില്ല—ആഗ്രഹിതന്റെ പ്രണയികൾപോലെ—ധൃതവ്രതൻ (ദൃഢവ്രതധാരി) ആയ ദേവന്റെ അടുക്കലേക്ക്, യജ്ഞത്തിൽ സ്വയം അർപ്പിക്കുന്ന ദാശുഷ് (ദാനശീല യജമാനൻ) അടുക്കലേക്ക്.
Word by Word
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (object of āśāte) / (contextually ‘that’ as the thing desired)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed; just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
समानम्the same; identical
समानम्:
Karma (qualifier of ‘tat’ as object)
TypeAdjective
Rootसमान (प्रातिपदिक)
आशातेthe two desire/hope for
आशाते:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√आश् (आशा/आश् ‘to desire, hope for’)
वेनन्ता(the) striving/longing (two)
वेनन्ता:
Kartā (of āśāte) (describing the two agents)
TypeParticiple (adjectival) / Noun-like
Root√वन्/वेन् (वेन् ‘to strive/seek/long for’; Vedic) → वेनन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
नlike; as (in comparison)
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
प्रforth; forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
युच्छतः(the two) yield/give way
युच्छतः:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√युज्/युच्छ् (Vedic: ‘to yield/give way/relent’; in negative ‘not yield’)
धृतव्रतायto/for the steadfast in vow (Varuṇa)
धृतव्रताय:
Sampradāna (recipient/beneficiary; ‘for/to the steadfast-in-vow’)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootधृत-व्रत (धृ ‘to hold’ + व्रत ‘vow/ordinance’) (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
दाशुषेto/for the worshipper; to the giver
दाशुषे:
Sampradāna (recipient: ‘to/for the giver/worshipper’)
TypeParticiple used as noun
Root√दाश् (to give, worship, offer) → दाश्वस्/दाशुष् (perf. participial stem ‘giver/worshipper’)
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