Rig Veda 1.187.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 187, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.187
Devata: Soma
Chandas: Gayatri/Anuṣṭubh uncertain (meter requires syllable verification; short verse suggests non-Trishtubh)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उप नः पितवा चर शिवः शिवाभिरूतिभिः । मयोभुरद्विषेण्यः सखा सुशेवो अद्वयाः ॥
Transliteration
úpa naḥ pitavā́ cara śiváḥ śivā́bhir ūtíbhiḥ | mayobhúr adviṣeṇyáḥ sákhā suśévo ádvayāḥ ||
Translation
उप नः पितवा चर शिवः शिवाभिरूतिभिः। मयोभुरद्विषेण्यः सखा सुशेवो अद्वयाः॥
Word by Word
उपnear, towards (hither)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
पितवाO father
पितवा:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootपितु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पिता’ का वैदिक रूप)
चरcome, move (hither)
चर:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
शिवःkind, auspicious
शिवः:
Kartā (चर का कर्तृ-विशेषण) / विधेय-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव-
शिवाभिःwith auspicious (ones)
शिवाभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootशिवा-
ऊतिभिःwith helps, protections
ऊतिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऊति-
मयोभुःbringing delight, beneficent
मयोभुः:
Kartā (अद्विषेण्यः/सखा के विशेषण) / विधेय-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमयोभू- (मयस् + भू; प्रातिपदिक)
अद्विषेण्यःnot to be hated, unhostile
अद्विषेण्यः:
Kartā (सखा के विशेषण) / विधेय-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअद्विषेण्य- (a- + द्विष् ‘to hate’ + -एण्य)
सखाfriend
सखा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसखि-
सुशेवःvery gracious, kindly
सुशेवः:
Kartā (सखा के विशेषण) / विधेय-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + शेव- (शेव ‘kind, gracious’; प्रातिपदिक)
अद्वयाःundivided, without duplicity
अद्वयाः:
Kartā (सखा के विशेषण) / विधेय-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअद्वय- (a- + द्वय ‘twofold, double’)
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