Rig Veda 10.175.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 175, Mantra 4

Sukta 10.175

Rishi: Same sukta context (10.175).

Devata: Savitṛ; Grāvāṇaḥ as addressed powers.

Chandas: Likely Gāyatrī (verify per edition).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ग्रावाणः सविता नु वो देवः सुवतु धर्मणा । यजमानाय सुन्वते ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.175.4

Transliteration

grāvāṇaḥ savitā nú vo deváḥ suvatu dhármaṇā | yajámānāya sunvaté ||

Translation

Ó pedras de prensar, que agora o deus Savitṛ vos impulsione segundo a lei do Dharma — para o sacrificante que prensa, para aquele que verte a oferenda.

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Word by Word

• ग्रावा॑णः: the pressing-stones (as agents)
• ग्रावा॑णः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रावन् (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *gʷerh₂-?; Vedic ‘pressing-stone’

• सवि॒ता: Savitar (the Impeller-god)
• सवि॒ता: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक) < √सू (सवति ‘to impel/bring forth’)

• नु: now; indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• वः: of you; your
• वः: सम्बन्ध (genitive) / हित-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दे॒वः: the god
• दे॒वः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) < √दिव् (‘to shine’)

• सु॑वतु॒: may (he) impel/grant
• सु॑वतु॒: क्रिया (कर्तृ-क्रिया: देवः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सू (सुवति) ‘to impel, set in motion, grant’

• धर्म॑णा: by (his) ordinance/law; by established order
• धर्म॑णा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) < √धृ (‘to hold, support’)

• यज॑मानाय: to the sacrificer
• यज॑मानाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक; from √यज् ‘to sacrifice’)

• सुन्व॒ते: to the Soma-presser (the one pressing)
• सुन्व॒ते: सम्प्रदान (apposition to यजमानाय)
• Type: Kṛdanta (participle used substantively)
• Root: सुन्वत् (प्रातिपदिक; pres. act. ptc. of √सु ‘to press (Soma)’)