Rig Veda 10.26.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 26, Mantra 4

Sukta 10.26

Rishi: Not determined from provided excerpt (Anukramaṇī needed for RV 10.26)

Devata: Pūṣan

Chandas: Gāyatrī (3×8 syllables typical for such compact verse; approximate)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मंसीमहि त्वा वयमस्माकं देव पूषन् । मतीनां च साधनं विप्राणां चाधवम् ॥

Transliteration

maṃsīmahi tvā vayám asmā́kaṃ deva pūṣan | matīnā́ṃ ca sā́dhanam víprāṇāṃ cā́dhavam ||

Translation

ഹേ ദേവ പൂഷൻ, ഞങ്ങൾ നിന്നെ മനസ്സിൽ ധരിക്കുന്നു—ഞങ്ങളുടേതായി—മതികളുടെ സാധകനായും വിപ്രന്മാരുടെ അധ്വം (അമർത്തുന്ന ബലം/പ്രെസ്സിംഗ്-ഫോഴ്‌സ്) ആയുമ്.

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Word by Word

• मंसीमहि: we think/consider (we deem)
• मंसीमहि: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मंस् (धातु; ‘मन्यते/मंसते’—to think, to deem, to remember/consider)

• त्वा: you (thee)
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देव: O god
• देव: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूषन्: O Pūṣan
• पूषन्: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: पूषन् (प्रातिपदिक; देवता-नाम)

• मतीनाम्: of thoughts/prayers
• मतीनाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: मती (प्रातिपदिक; from √मन् ‘to think’ → ‘thought, prayer, intention’)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• साधनम्: accomplisher; means of success
• साधनम्: विशेष्य/पूरक (predicative complement to ‘त्वा’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधन (प्रातिपदिक; from √साध् ‘to accomplish’)

• विप्राणाम्: of the inspired poets/priests
• विप्राणाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अधवम्: path; course (way)
• अधवम्: कर्म (as a second complement/object with ‘त्वा … मंसीमहि’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘path, course, journey’)