Rig Veda 1.155.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 155, Mantra 1

Sukta 1.155

Rishi: Dīrghatamas Aucathya (traditional for RV 1.155)

Devata: Viṣṇu

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र वः पान्तमन्धसो धियायते महे शूराय विष्णवे चार्चत । या सानुनि पर्वतानामदाभ्या महस्तस्थतुरर्वतेव साधुना ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.155.1

Transliteration

pra vaḥ pāntam andhasaḥ dhiyāyate mahe śūrāya viṣṇave cārcata | yā sānuni parvatānām adābhyā mahas tasthatur arvatā iva sādhunā ||

Translation

Fazei avançar o vosso hino para Viṣṇu, o grande herói, ébrio da doçura clarificada e que desperta o pensamento; ele que se mantém nos cumes das montanhas, invencível, vasto em ser, firme e reto como um bom corcel.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• वः: of you; for you
• वः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for you) / sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• पान्तम्: the protected; the protector (lit. ‘protected’)
• पान्तम्: Karma (object of praise) / viśeṣya of विष्णवे
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: पा (धातु) → पान्त (PPP)

• अन्धसः: of the soma-juice; of the draught
• अन्धसः: Apādāna/hetu (source/means: ‘of soma/juice’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धस्

• धियायते: he meditates/sets his thought; he is intent
• धियायते: Kartā (implicit: the singer/poet)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धी (noun) + √यम्/य (denom.) → धियायते

• महे: to the great
• महे: Sampradāna (to/for)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मह्/महत्

• शूराय: to the hero
• शूराय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर

• विष्णवे: to Viṣṇu
• विष्णवे: Sampradāna (recipient of praise)
• Type: Noun (deity)
• Root: विष्णु

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अर्चत: praise! sing!
• अर्चत: Kartā (you all) → action of praising
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च्

• या: she who; which
• या: Kartā (of the relative clause)
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद्

• सानुनि: on the summit; on the ridge
• सानुनि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सानु

• पर्वतानाम्: of the mountains
• पर्वतानाम्: ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत

• अदाभ्या: by (her) invincible (power); unassailable
• अदाभ्या: Karaṇa (by/with her being invincible)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदाभ्य

• महः: greatness; vast might
• महः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महस्

• तस्थतुः: the two have stood; have taken their stand
• तस्थतुः: Kartā (dual subjects implied/understood)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था

• अर्वते: to/for the steed; for the horse
• अर्वते: Sampradāna (as comparison target)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्वत्

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• साधुना: by the good/right (means); skillfully
• साधुना: Karaṇa (by/with what is right/skillful)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: साधु