Rig Veda 1.70.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 70, Mantra 7
Sukta 1.70
Rishi: Parāśara Śāktya
Devata: Agni (as the power whose growth and right-guided movement are celebrated)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वर्धान्यं पूर्वीः क्षपो विरूपाः स्थातुश्च रथमृतप्रवीतम् ॥
Transliteration
vardhā́nyaṃ pūrvī́ḥ kṣapó vírūpāḥ sthātúś ca rátham ṛtá-pravītam
Translation
Многие прежние ночи, многообразные обликом, взрастили эту возрастающую силу; и они утвердили колесницу, ведомую Истиной — наше движение, впряжённое в Риту (ṛta).
Word by Word
वर्धान्यम्prospering, increasing
वर्धान्यम्:
कर्म (विशेष्य-रूपेण ‘रथम्’ का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवर्धान्य- (प्रातिपदिक; √वृध् ‘वर्धने’ से)
पूर्वीःthe former/earlier (ones); earlier nights
पूर्वीः:
कर्तृ (वाक्य का कर्तृ-समूह)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपूर्वी- (प्रातिपदिक ‘पूर्व’ से)
क्षपःnights
क्षपः:
कर्तृ (पूर्वीः का अपपद/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षप्/क्षपा- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘रात्रि’)
विरूपाःof varied forms; diverse
विरूपाः:
कर्तृ (क्षपः का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविरूप- (प्रातिपदिक)
स्थातुःof the establisher; of the one who sets (in place)
स्थातुः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the establisher/one who sets’)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थातृ- (प्रातिपदिक; √स्था ‘तिष्ठति’ से कर्तृ-नाम)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
रथम्chariot
रथम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरथ- (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतप्रवीतम्guided/led by ṛta (cosmic order); rightly guided
ऋतप्रवीतम्:
कर्म (विशेष्य-रूपेण ‘रथम्’ का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋत- + प्रवीत- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्र-√वे/√वी ‘वेयने/आवरणे’ से ‘प्रवीत’ = well-guided/led/encircled; समास)
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