Rig Veda 1.36.13: Mandala 1, Sukta 36, Mantra 13
Sukta 1.36
Rishi: Medhyātithi Kaṇva
Devata: Agni (with comparison to Savitṛ)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ऊर्ध्व ऊ षु ण ऊतये तिष्ठा देवो न सविता । ऊर्ध्वो वाजस्य सनिता यदञ्जिभिर्वाघद्भिर्विह्वयामहे ॥
Transliteration
ūrdhvá ū́ ṣú ṇa ūtáye tíṣṭha devó ná savitā́ | ūrdhvó vā́jasya sánitā yád añjíbhir vā́ghadbhir vi-hváyāmahe ||
Translation
Stań wyprostowany dla naszego wsparcia, jak Sawitar, bóg, który wznosi; stań wyprostowany jako dawca pełni siły, ilekroć swymi pragnącymi dłońmi i naszym śpiewem cię wzywamy.
Word by Word
ऊर्ध्वःupright, aloft
ऊर्ध्वः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृपदस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *h₃erdʰ- ‘ऊपर/उन्नत’
उindeed, surely
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
षुnow, quickly/indeed (emphatic particle)
षु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootषु (निपात; वैदिक)
नःfor us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (हितार्थे ‘for us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतयेfor help, for aid
ऊतये:
Sampradāna (उद्देश्य/हित)
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) < √अव्/√अव्- ‘रक्षण/सहाय’ (ऊति = help)
तिष्ठstand! take your station!
तिष्ठ:
— (आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (तिष्ठति)
देवःthe god
देवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) < √दिव् ‘दीप्तौ’
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
सविताSavitar (the impeller)
सविता:
Kartā (उपमानपद)
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक) < √सू ‘प्रसवे’ (प्रेरक/प्रसविता)
ऊर्ध्वःaloft, upright
ऊर्ध्वः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)
वाजस्यof the prize/strength
वाजस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *wegʷh- ‘बल/वेग’ (वाज = prize, strength)
सनिताwinner, bestower (one who gains)
सनिता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसनितृ (प्रातिपदिक) < √सन्/√सन्- ‘लाभे/प्राप्तौ’
यत्when/that which
यत्:
Karma/सम्बन्ध (यद्-तद् सम्बन्धे ‘when/that which’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
अञ्जिभिःwith reins/straps (implements)
अञ्जिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअञ्जि (पुं. प्रातिपदिक; ‘अञ्जि’ = अङ्गुलि/अञ्जन/अञ्जनसाधन; वैदिके ‘अञ्जि’ = रश्मि/लगाम/अङ्कुशादि-उपकरण) < √अञ्ज् ‘अञ्जने/लेपने’
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
वाघद्भिःwith the singers/chanters
वाघद्भिः:
Karaṇa (सहकारि/साधनभूताः स्तोतारः)
TypeNoun
Rootवाघत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्तुतिकर्तृ/याचक’) < √वाघ्/√वह्? (वैदिक धात्वनुकरण; परम्परया ‘वाघत्’ = स्तोता)
विह्वयामहेwe invoke/call upon
विह्वयामहे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवि + √ह्वे (आह्वाने)
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