Rig Veda 1.24.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 24, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.24

Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva

Devata: Savitar (with Bhaga thematics emerging in adjacent verses)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; short 3-pāda structure)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि त्वा देव सवितरीशानं वार्याणाम् । सदावन्भागमीमहे ॥

Transliteration

abhí tvā deva savitar ī́śānaṃ vā́ryāṇām | sádāvan bhāgám īmahe ||

Translation

К тебе, о бог Савитар, владыка желанных даров, мы устремляемся; о вечно-дающий, мы ищем свою законную долю твоей щедрости.

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/दिशा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देव: O god
• देव: (सम्बोधन; कारकातीत)
• Type: Noun (vocative) / honorific address
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सवितर्: O Savitar
• सवितर्: (सम्बोधन; कारकातीत)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक; देवता-नाम)

• ईशानम्: the lord, the ruler
• ईशानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ईशान (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ruling, lordly’)

• वार्याणाम्: of the desirable/excellent (things/boons)
• वार्याणाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (genitive plural)
• Root: वार्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘choice, excellent, desirable’)

• सदावन्: O ever-giving one
• सदावन्: (सम्बोधन; कारकातीत)
• Type: Adjective (vocative)
• Root: सदावन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ever-giving/ever-bestowing’)

• भागम्: a share, portion
• भागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईमहे: we seek / we request
• ईमहे: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच्/ई (वेदिक धातु: ‘to ask, seek’; आत्मनेपद)