Rig Veda 1.23.13: Mandala 1, Sukta 23, Mantra 13

Sukta 1.23

Rishi: Kakṣīvān Dairghatamasa (traditional)

Devata: Pūṣan

Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-mixed tendencies in this hymn section (exact metrical classification varies by recension)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ पूषञ्चित्रबर्हिषमाघृणे धरुणं दिवः । आजा नष्टं यथा पशुम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.23.13

Transliteration

ā́ pū́ṣan citrábarhiṣam ā́ghṛṇe dharúṇaṃ diváḥ | ā́jā naṣṭáṃ yáthā paśúm ||

Translation

Wahai Pūṣan yang bersemayam di singgahsana yang berkilau, wahai Yang Bercahaya, bawakanlah kepada kami sokongan langit yang teguh; pimpinlah kembali kepada kami apa yang hilang, sebagaimana orang mengembalikan kawanan cahaya yang tersesat.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• पूषन्: O Pūṣan
• पूषन्: (sambodhana) —
• Type: Noun (proper/common deity-name)
• Root: पूषन् (prātipadika)

• चित्रबर्हिषम्: the one of bright/variegated sacred grass (epithet)
• चित्रबर्हिषम्: Karma (of implied verb ‘call/bring/invoke’)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: चित्र-बर्हिस् (prātipadika; karmadhāraya/tatpuruṣa)

• आ: hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• माघृणे: O gracious/benign one
• माघृणे: (sambodhana) —
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: माघृण (prātipadika; epithet)

• धरुणम्: support; firm prop
• धरुणम्: Karma (object: ‘support/prop’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: धरुण (prātipadika)

• दिवः: of heaven; of the sky
• दिवः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् / द्यौ (prātipadika)

• आ: hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• जा: the offspring; the (young) creature
• जा: Kartā (subject of implied verb ‘come/arrive’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जा (prātipadika; from √जन् ‘to be born’, ‘offspring’)

• नष्टम्: lost
• नष्टम्: Karma (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: नष्ट (PPP from √नश् ‘perish, be lost’)

• यथा: as; just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya)

• पशुम्: animal; cattle
• पशुम्: Karma (object: ‘lost animal’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (prātipadika)