Rig Veda 7.88.3: Mandala 7, Sukta 88, Mantra 3
Sukta 7.88
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Varuṇa
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ यद्रुहाव वरुणश्च नावं प्र यत्समुद्रमीरयाव मध्यम् । अधि यदपां स्नुभिश्चराव प्र प्रेङ्ख ईङ्खयावहै शुभे कम् ॥
Transliteration
ā́ yád ruhā́va váruṇaś ca nā́vaṃ prá yát samudrám ī́rayāva mádhyam | adhí yád apā́ṃ snúbhis cárāva prá préṅkha īṅkhayāvahai śubhé kám ||
Translation
आ यद्रुहाव वरुणश्च नावं, प्र यत्समुद्रमीरयाव मध्यम्। अधि यदपां स्नुभिश्चराव, प्र प्रेङ्ख ईङ्खयावहै शुभे कम्।
Word by Word
आhither, forth (preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
यत्which, what
यत्:
Karma (of रुहाव)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-stem)
रुहावwe two mounted/ascended
रुहाव:
Kartā (implicit ‘we two’)
TypeVerb
Rootरुह् (धातु)
वरुणःVaruṇa
वरुणः:
Kartā (with रुहाव, as companion/subject in dual sense)
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (avyaya)
नावम्boat, ship
नावम्:
Karma (object of रुहाव ‘mounted’)
TypeNoun
Rootनौ/नाव् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga/avyaya)
यत्when/that which
यत्:
Karma (of ईरयाव)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-stem)
समुद्रम्ocean, sea
समुद्रम्:
Karma (goal/object with ईरयाव ‘set in motion toward/into’)
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ईरयावwe two set in motion / drove
ईरयाव:
Kartā (implicit ‘we two’)
TypeVerb
Rootईरय्/ईर् (धातु; causative sense ‘set in motion’)
मध्यम्the middle, midstream
मध्यम्:
Adhikaraṇa (spatial: ‘in the middle’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon, over
अधि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (upasarga/avyaya)
यत्when/that which
यत्:
Karma (of चराव)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-stem)
अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (of स्नुभिः)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
स्नुभिःwith the currents/streams
स्नुभिः:
Karaṇa (means: ‘with/by the streams/currents’)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नु/स्नु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘current/stream/flow’, Vedic)
चरावwe two moved/went
चराव:
Kartā (implicit ‘we two’)
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (धातु)
प्रforth
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga/avyaya)
प्रेङ्खेin rocking, in a swing
प्रेङ्खे:
Adhikaraṇa (manner/state)
TypeNoun (locative) / Adverbial
Rootप्रेङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक; ‘swinging/rocking’, Vedic) / √इङ्ख् (to swing) underlying
ईङ्खयावहैmay we two cause (it) to rock/swing
ईङ्खयावहै:
Kartā (implicit ‘may we two…’)
TypeVerb
Rootईङ्खय् (denominative/causative from √इङ्ख् ‘to swing’)
शुभेin auspicious (state), auspiciously
शुभे:
Adhikaraṇa (in/for auspiciousness)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
कम्indeed, somehow/at all (Vedic particle)
कम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (particle-like) / Pronoun
Rootक (interrog./indef. pronoun-stem) / Vedic particle use
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