Rig Veda 7.34.10: Mandala 7, Sukta 34, Mantra 10
Sukta 7.34
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Varuṇa
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ चष्ट आसां पाथो नदीनां वरुण उग्रः सहस्रचक्षाः ॥
Transliteration
ā́ caṣṭa āsā́ṃ pā́tho nadī́nāṃ váruṇa ugráḥ sahásracakṣāḥ
Translation
आ चष्ट आसां पाथो नदीनां वरुण उग्रः सहस्रचक्षाः; स प्रवहन्तीनां शक्तीनां गतिं लोकेऽस्मासु च निरन्तरं पश्यति।
Word by Word
आtowards; hither; forth
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) अथवा ā (avyaya)
चष्टlet (him) declare / proclaim
चष्ट:
—
TypeVerb
Root√चक्ष् (cakṣ) ‘to see, to perceive, to tell/declare’
आसाम्of these (them)
आसाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्-प्रातिपदिक (सर्वनाम) ‘this’
पाथःthe path / course
पाथः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपाथस् (n.) ‘path, course, way’
नदीनाम्of the rivers
नदीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootनदी (f.) ‘river’
वरुणःVaruṇa
वरुणः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootवरुण (m.) (देवनाम) Varuṇa
उग्रःmighty; fierce
उग्रः:
कर्ता (कर्तृविशेषण) / विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (adj.) ‘mighty, formidable’
सहस्रचक्षाःthousand-eyed; all-seeing
सहस्रचक्षाः:
कर्ता (कर्तृविशेषण) / विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-चक्षस् (bahuvrīhi adj.) ‘having a thousand eyes’
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