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Rig Veda 1.90.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 90, Mantra 1

Sukta 1.90

Devata: Varuṇa–Mitra–Aryaman (Ādityas; powers of ṛta and right relation)

ऋजुनीती नो वरुणो मित्रो नयतु विद्वान् । अर्यमा देवैः सजोषाः ॥

ṛjú-nītī no váruṇo mitró nayatu vidvā́n | aryamā́ deváiḥ sa-jóṣāḥ ||

ऋजुनीतीं विद्वान् वरुणो मित्रो नः नयतु; आर्यमा च देवैः सजोषाः (सह) नयतु।

ऋजुनीतीstraight guidance / right leading
ऋजुनीती:
Kartā (कर्तृपद; ‘ऋजुनीति’ = ‘सीधी-नीति/सीधा-मार्गदर्शन’ विषय/कर्तृभाव) अथवा विशेषणरूपेण ‘वरुणः/मित्रः’ का
TypeNoun (f.)
Rootऋजु-नीति (प्रातिपदिक; ऋजु ‘सीधा’ + नीति ‘नेतृत्व/मार्गदर्शन’, √नी ‘ने’ से) अथवा ऋजुनीति- (समास)
नःfor us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (लाभार्थ/हितार्थ; ‘हमारे लिए/हमको’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वरुणःVaruṇa
वरुणः:
Kartā (नयतु का कर्ता)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
मित्रःMitra
मित्रः:
Kartā (नयतु का कर्ता; वरुणेन सह समुच्चित)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नयतुmay (he) lead
नयतु:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√नी (नीञ्) ‘नेतुम्/प्रापयितुम्’
विद्वान्knowing, wise
विद्वान्:
Kartā-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (participial)
Root√विद् ‘जान’ → विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
अर्यमाAryaman
अर्यमा:
Kartā (नयतु का कर्ता; अन्य देवता के रूप में समुच्चित)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootअर्यमन् (प्रातिपदिक; देवता-नाम)
देवैःwith the gods
देवैः:
Karaṇa / Sahakārī (सहचर/सहयोग: ‘देवों के साथ’)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
सजोषाःin concord, of one accord
सजोषाः:
Kartā-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootसजोषस् (प्रातिपदिक; स- ‘साथ’ + जोषस् ‘संतोष/अनुकूलता/एकमतता’)

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