Rig Veda 1.24.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 24, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.24
Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva
Devata: Savitar (with Bhaga thematics emerging in adjacent verses)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; short 3-pāda structure)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभि त्वा देव सवितरीशानं वार्याणाम् । सदावन्भागमीमहे ॥
Transliteration
abhí tvā deva savitar ī́śānaṃ vā́ryāṇām | sádāvan bhāgám īmahe ||
Translation
హే దేవ సవితా, వాంఛనీయ (వార్య) సమృద్ధుల ఈశానా! మేము నీ వైపే అభిగమిస్తున్నాము; హే సదా దానశీలుడా, నీ అనుగ్రహంతో మా యథోచిత భాగాన్ని ప్రార్థిస్తున్నాము.
Word by Word
अभिtowards, unto
अभि:
Adhikaraṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/दिशा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवO god
देव:
(सम्बोधन; कारकातीत)
TypeNoun (vocative) / honorific address
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
सवितर्O Savitar
सवितर्:
(सम्बोधन; कारकातीत)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक; देवता-नाम)
ईशानम्the lord, the ruler
ईशानम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootईशान (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ruling, lordly’)
वार्याणाम्of the desirable/excellent (things/boons)
वार्याणाम्:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun/Adjective (genitive plural)
Rootवार्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘choice, excellent, desirable’)
सदावन्O ever-giving one
सदावन्:
(सम्बोधन; कारकातीत)
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootसदावन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ever-giving/ever-bestowing’)
भागम्a share, portion
भागम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
ईमहेwe seek / we request
ईमहे:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootयाच्/ई (वेदिक धातु: ‘to ask, seek’; आत्मनेपद)
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