Rig Veda 1.190.3 — Mandala 1, Sukta 190, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.190
Devata: Bṛhaspati
Chandas: Jagatī or Triṣṭubh (uncertain here; not recomputed and the transmitted line-length suggests possible Jagatī tendencies)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उपस्तुतिं नमस उद्यतिं च श्लोकं यंसत्सवितेव प्र बाहू । अस्य क्रत्वाहन्यो यो अस्ति मृगो न भीमो अरक्षसस्तुविष्मान् ॥
Transliteration
upástutiṃ námasa údyatiṃ ca ślókaṃ yaṃsat savitéva prá bāhū́ | asyá kratvā́hanyò yó ásti mṛgó na bhīmó arákṣasaḥ túviṣmān ||
Translation
उपस्तुतिं नमस उद्यतिं च श्लोकं यंसत्सवितेव प्र बाहू । अस्य क्रत्वाहन्यो यो अस्ति मृगो न भीमो अरक्षसस्तुविष्मान् ॥
Word by Word
उपस्तुतिम्praise, hymn of praise
उपस्तुतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootउप-स्तुति (स्तु √स्तु ‘to praise’)
नमसःof reverence, of homage
नमसः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्
उद्यतिम्uplifting/raising; exertion
उद्यतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootउद्-यति (√यत् ‘to strive/raise’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
श्लोकम्verse, chant
श्लोकम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootश्लोक
यंसत्let him extend/offer/guide
यंसत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√यम् ‘to extend/guide/offer’
सविताSavitar (the Impeller)
सविता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
बाहूthe two arms
बाहू:
कर्म (यंसत्—‘extend the two arms’)
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु
अस्यof him/this (one)
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
क्रत्वाby (his) resolve/power of will
क्रत्वा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु
अहन्he struck down, he slew
अहन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√हन् ‘to strike/kill’
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (relative)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अस् ‘to be’
मृगःa wild beast; deer
मृगः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootमृग
नlike
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
भीमःterrible, formidable
भीमः:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootभीम
अरक्षसःnon-demonic; free from Rakṣas
अरक्षसः:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-रक्षस् (न-रक्षस्)
तुविष्मान्mighty, vehemently powerful
तुविष्मान्:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootतुविष्मन्त्
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
Ask anything about this verse
A free Google sign-in keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.