Rig Veda 10.126.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 126, Mantra 7
Sukta 10.126
Rishi: Traditionally assigned to a seer of the late Tenth Maṇḍala (Anukramaṇī-dependent; often connected with Aditya-invocations)
Devata: Ādityas (Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman; and the class Ādityāsaḥ)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely for RV 10.126; verse-level confirmation may vary)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शुनमस्मभ्यमूतये वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा । शर्म यच्छन्तु सप्रथ आदित्यासो यदीमहे अति द्विषः ॥
Transliteration
śunám asmábhyam ūtáye váruṇo mitró aryamā́ | śárma yacchantu saprátha ādityā́so yád ī́mahe áti dvíṣaḥ ||
Translation
शुनम् अस्मभ्यम् ऊतये वरुणो मित्रोऽर्यमा। सप्रथ आदित्याः शर्म यच्छन्तु, यदीमहे—अतिद्विषः।
Word by Word
शुनम्well, auspiciously
शुनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशुनम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक; PIE *su- ‘well’)
अस्मभ्यम्to us
अस्मभ्यम्:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतयेfor help, for aid
ऊतये:
प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान (दत्तिवाचक)
TypeNoun
Rootऊति- (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; √अव्/√ऊ ‘to help, protect’ से)
वरुणःVaruṇa
वरुणः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootवरुण- (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मित्रःMitra
मित्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootमित्र- (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अर्यमाAryaman
अर्यमा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootअर्यमन्- (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शर्मshelter, protection, comfort
शर्म:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशर्मन्- (नपुं. प्रातिपदिक)
यच्छन्तुlet them grant
यच्छन्तु:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√यम् (यच्छ-; ‘to give, grant, bestow’)
सप्रथाःwide-spreading, far-extending
सप्रथाः:
कर्तृ (आदित्याः का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस-प्रथ- (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; स ‘with’ + प्रथ ‘broad, wide’)
आदित्याःthe Ādityas
आदित्याः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य- (देवगण-प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when, since (that)
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (relative) / Pronoun
Rootयद् (सम्बन्ध/यत्-शब्द)
ईमहेwe seek / we ask (for)
ईमहे:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√यम् (आत्मनेपद; ‘to strive/seek, to ask for’—Vedic) अथवा √ई (इच्छार्थे) परम्परया
अतिbeyond, over; exceedingly
अति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
द्विषः(our) haters, enemies
द्विषः:
कर्म/अपादान (अति- के साथ ‘शत्रून् अतिक्रम्य’)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विष्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hater, enemy’ < √द्विष् ‘to hate’)
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