Mantra 7
Rishi: As above (Aditi/protective hymn complex)
Devata: Ritual conveyance (bandhu), implicitly Aditi/Ādityas as protectors
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like brevity (a condensed liturgical excerpt)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सु॒नाव॒मा रु॑हेय॒मस्र॑वन्ती॒मना॑गसम् । श॒तारि॑त्राᳪ स्व॒स्तये॑
Transliteration
su nā́vam ā́ ruheyam ásravantīm anā́gasam | śatā́ritrāṃ svastáye
Translation
സുനാവ (നല്ല) നാവിൽ—അസ്രവന്തീ (ചോർച്ചയില്ലാത്ത), അനാഗസ് (നിർദോഷ)—ഞാൻ കയറട്ടെ; ശതാരിത്രാ (നൂറു തുഴകളുള്ളത്), സ്വസ്തിക്കായി.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
सु । नावम् । आ । रुहेयम् । अस्रवन्तीम् । अनागसम् । शत-अरित्राम् । स्वस्तये ।
Word by Word
सु-नावम्a good boat
सु-नावम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनाव् (प्रातिपदिक: नाव्/नौ ‘नौका’) + उपसर्ग: सु-
आtowards; up (prefix to the verb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रुहेयम्may I ascend / may I board
रुहेयम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√रुह् (रुहँ आरोहणे) + आ-
अस्रवन्तीम्flowing; streaming
अस्रवन्तीम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootअस्रवन्ती (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; ‘बहती/प्रवाहिणी’), from √स्रु/√स्रव् ‘to flow’ (present participial/adjectival formation)
अनागसम्sinless; faultless
अनागसम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootअनागस् (प्रातिपदिक; a- + आगस् ‘sin, fault’)
शत-अरित्राम्a (boat) with a hundred oars
शत-अरित्राम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशत (संख्या) + अरित्र (प्रातिपदिक ‘चप्पू/पतवार’) → समास: शतारित्रा
स्वस्तयेfor well-being; for safety
स्वस्तये:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootस्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक ‘welfare, well-being’)
Entities Mentioned
A
AditiĀ
ĀdityasS
Svasti (Well-being)R
Ritual conveyance (Nāva/Boat as bandhu)Ritual Context
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