Rig Veda 7.89.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 89, Mantra 1
Sukta 7.89
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for RV 7.89)
Devata: Varuṇa
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (short refrain-like verse)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मो षु वरुण मृन्मयं गृहं राजन्नहं गमम् । मृळा सुक्षत्र मृळय ॥
Transliteration
mó ṣú varuṇa mṛ́n-mayaṃ gṛháṃ rājan aháṃ gamam | mṛḷā́ su-kṣatra mṛḷáya ||
Translation
ഹേ രാജൻ വരുണ, മണ്ണിന്റെ വീട്ടിലേക്കു (മൃത്യുനിവാസത്തിലേക്കു) ഞാൻ പോകാതിരിക്കട്ടെ. ഹേ സുക്ഷത്ര, കരുണ കാണിക്കേണമേ; കരുണ കാണിക്കേണമേ.
Word by Word
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā (prohibitive particle)
षुindeed, pray
षु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootषु (निपात) / ṣu (enclitic particle)
वरुणO Varuṇa
वरुण:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक) / Varuṇa
मृन्मयम्made of clay
मृन्मयम्:
कर्म (गृहम्-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootमृन्मय (प्रातिपदिक) < मृद् + मयट्
गृहम्house, dwelling
गृहम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
राजन्O king
राजन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गमम्may I go / let me go
गमम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
मृळाbe gracious, show mercy
मृळा:
—
TypeVerb
Rootमृळ् / मृड् (धातु ‘to be gracious, to show mercy’)
सुक्षत्रO well-ruling one / of good dominion
सुक्षत्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootसु-क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक) < सु + क्षत्र
मृळयbe gracious, have mercy
मृळय:
—
TypeVerb
Rootमृळ् / मृड् (धातु)
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