Rig Veda 1.43.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 43, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.43

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa (traditional for RV 1.43)

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ / Rudra (invoked alongside Mitra-Varuṇa as powers of right order and awakening)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 pādas of 8 syllables; typical for concise invocations)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यथा नो मित्रो वरुणो यथा रुद्रश्चिकेतति । यथा विश्वे सजोषसः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.43.3

Transliteration

yáthā no mitró váruṇo yáthā rudráś cíkētati | yáthā víśve sajóṣasaḥ ||

Translation

Moga bagi kami demikian: sebagaimana Mitra dan Varuṇa mengetahui serta menegakkan; sebagaimana Rudra membangkitkan kesedaran yang benar; sebagaimana semua Dewa, seia-sekata, berkenan dan bekerja bersama di dalam diri kami.

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• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Adhikaraṇa (प्रकार/रीति-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya-prātipadika)

• नः: of us, our; for us
• नः: Sampradāna (हित/सम्बन्ध-निर्देश; ‘for us/our’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• मित्रः: Mitra
• मित्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (prātipadika)

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (prātipadika)

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Adhikaraṇa (प्रकार/रीति-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya-prātipadika)

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (prātipadika)

• चिकेतति: perceives, takes notice, is mindful
• चिकेतति: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चित् (चिती/चेतति) ‘to perceive, notice, be aware’

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Adhikaraṇa (प्रकार/रीति-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya-prātipadika)

• विश्वे: all (the gods)
• विश्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: विश्व (sarvanāma-adjective/prātipadika)

• सजोषसः: in concord, together, of one accord
• सजोषसः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण ‘विश्वे’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सजोषस् (prātipadika; sa- + joṣas ‘in common enjoyment/accord, together’)