Rig Veda 1.89.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 89, Mantra 1

Sukta 1.89

Rishi: Gautama (traditional for RV 1.89)

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (All the Gods)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; RV 1.89 is commonly Jagatī)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नो भद्राः क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वतोऽदब्धासो अपरीतास उद्भिदः । देवा नो यथा सदमिद्वृधे असन्नप्रायुवो रक्षितारो दिवेदिवे ॥

Transliteration

ā́ no bhadrā́ḥ krátavo yantu viśvátó ’dábhāso áparītāsa udbhídaḥ | devā́ no yáthā sádham íd vṛdhé ásann áprāyúvo rakṣitā́ro divédive ||

Translation

Que venham a nós, de todos os lados, os nobres kratú — infalíveis, inatingíveis, rompendo o que está fechado. Que os deuses sejam para nós sempre para o nosso crescimento, dia após dia, como guardiões que não falham à nossa força vital.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards (to us)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• भद्राः: auspicious, благоприятные
• भद्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्रतवः: intentions, powers of will, wise counsels
• क्रतवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)

• यन्तु: let (them) come
• यन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (यच्छति/यच्छन्ति) → √यम् ‘to go/come, proceed’ (Vedic: yantu)

• विश्वतः: from every side
• विश्वतः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित अव्यय)

• अदब्धासः: unharmed, unbeguiled, unerring
• अदब्धासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-दब्ध (प्रातिपदिक; dabdhá ‘deceived/harmed’ < √दभ् ‘to deceive/harm’)

• अपरीतासः: unsurpassed, unconquered
• अपरीतासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-परि-इत (PPP; √इ ‘to go’ with परि; sense ‘gone around/overcome’ → ‘surpassed/overpowered’; with negation ‘not surpassed’)

• उद्भिदः: bursting forth, breaking out (energetic)
• उद्भिदः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: उद्-भिद् (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त; from √भिद् ‘to split, break forth’ with उद्)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• यथा: so that, in such a way that
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (निपात)

• सदम्: always, continually
• सदम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदम् (अव्यय; from सद्/सदस् ‘seat, session’)

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• वृधे: for growth, for increase
• वृधे: Sampradāna
• Type: Verbal noun
• Root: वृध् (धातु) → वृधि/वृद्धि; here infinitival/gerundive-like dative of purpose from √वृध्

• असन्: may (they) be
• असन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु ‘to be’)

• अप्रायुवः: not departing, unwearied, steadfast
• अप्रायुवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-प्रायु (प्रातिपदिक; प्रायु ‘one who goes away/withdraws’ < √या ‘to go’ with प्र)

• रक्षितारः: protectors
• रक्षितारः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षितृ (agent noun; √रक्ष् ‘to protect’)

• दिवे: day (for the day)
• दिवे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवे: day by day
• दिवे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ