Rig Veda 1.27.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 27, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.27
Rishi: Sunaḥśepa Ājīgarti (traditional attribution for RV 1.24–1.30; hymn-level attribution applied to this verse-set)
Devata: Agni (primary in RV 1.27; note Rudra appears explicitly in 1.27.10 as a secondary addressed power)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (hymn-level meter; this verse conforms to the compact gāyatrī style)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स घा नः सूनुः शवसा पृथुप्रगामा सुशेवः । मीढ्वाँ अस्माकं बभूयात् ॥
Transliteration
sa ghā́ naḥ sūnúḥ śávasā pṛthúpragāmā suśévaḥ | mīḍhvā́m̐ asmā́kaṃ babhūyāt ||
Translation
स घा नः सूनुः शवसा पृथुप्रगामा सुशेवः। मीढ्वान् अस्माकं बभूयात्॥
Word by Word
सःhe (that one)
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
घindeed, surely
घ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ (निपात) / घा (वैदिक निपात)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सूनुःson
सूनुः:
कर्तृ (सः इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोज़िशन)
TypeNoun
Rootसूनु (प्रातिपदिक)
शवसाby strength, with might
शवसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootशवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पृथुप्रगामाwide-going, far-ranging
पृथुप्रगामा:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (सः/सूनुः)
TypeAdjective
Rootपृथु-प्रगामन् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; पृथु + प्रगामन्) अथवा पृथु-प्रगाम (वैदिक) → पृथुप्रगाम
सुशेवःvery gracious, kindly
सुशेवः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (सः/सूनुः)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-शेव (समास-प्रातिपदिक; सु + शेव) अथवा सु-शेवस् (वैदिक) → सुशेव
मीढ्वान्the bountiful one, giver (lit. ‘pouring’)
मीढ्वान्:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (सः)
TypeAdjective (participial epithet)
Root√मिह्/√मिह् (सेचन/वर्षण) → मीढ्वस्/मीढ्वान् (कृदन्त; वैदिक ‘मीढ्वांस्’ = ‘वर्षक/दातार’)
अस्माकम्of us
अस्माकम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
बभूयात्may he become / may he be
बभूयात्:
क्रिया (वाक्यस्य)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
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