Rig Veda 1.122.12: Mandala 1, Sukta 122, Mantra 12

Sukta 1.122

Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (hymn frame) / collective ‘Viśve Devāḥ’ in blessing tone

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एतं शर्धं धाम यस्य सूरेरित्यवोचन्दशतयस्य नंशे । द्युम्नानि येषु वसुताती रारन्विश्वे सन्वन्तु प्रभृथेषु वाजम् ॥

Transliteration

etáṃ śárdhaṃ dhā́ma yásya sūrér íty avocan dáśa-tayasya náṃśe | dyumnā́ni yéṣu vasú-tātī rārán víśve sanvantu prabhṛthéṣu vā́jam ||

Translation

“Inilah pasukan ini, inilah asas, milik sang pemberi yang bercahaya”—demikian mereka menyatakan, demi bahagian Daśataya; padanya cahaya-cahaya daya dan kepenuhan kekayaan bersukaria: semoga semua meraih kelimpahan tenaga dalam persembahan yang dibawa keluar.

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• एतम्: this
• एतम्: Karma (विशेष्यं ‘शर्धम्’ प्रति)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शर्धम्: host, troop, band
• शर्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)

• धाम: abode; (also) splendor/seat
• धाम: Karma (वर्ण्य-वस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सूरेः: of the patron/lord (sūri)
• सूरेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• इति: thus
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• अवोचन्: they spoke, they proclaimed
• अवोचन्: Kartā (अन्तर्निहितः ‘ते/ऋषयः’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (वचँ)

• दशतयस्य: of the tenfold/tenfolded
• दशतयस्य: Sambandha (qualifying the following noun)
• Type: Adjective (numeral-derived)
• Root: दशतय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दश’ + ‘तय’)

• नंशे: of the share/portion
• नंशे: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नंश (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक रूप, ‘भाग/अंश’)

• द्यु॒म्नानि: splendors, glorious powers
• द्यु॒म्नानि: Kartā (of ‘रारन्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यु॒म्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• येषु: in which
• येषु: Adhikaraṇa (locative: ‘in which’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वसुताती: bestowal of wealth; wealth-giving
• वसुताती: Kartā (co-agent/associated subject with ‘द्यु॒म्नानि’ in sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुताति (प्रातिपदिक; वसु + ताति)

• रारन्: have given / have bestowed
• रारन्: Kriyā (predicate; subject ‘द्यु॒म्नानि’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रा (राँ/रा) (वैदिक: ‘to give, grant’; also ‘to delight’ in some contexts)

• विश्वे: all (of them)
• विश्वे: Kartā (of ‘सन्वन्तु’)
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun-like
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• सन्वन्तु: let them win/obtain
• सन्वन्तु: Kriyā (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सन्/√सन्‍व् (san/ sanv: ‘to gain, obtain, win’)

• प्रभृथेषु: in the offerings/presentations (ritual distributions)
• प्रभृथेषु: Adhikaraṇa (locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभृथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजम्: prize; strength; (victory-)booty
• वाजम्: Karma (object of ‘सन्वन्तु’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)