Rig Veda 10.172.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 172, Mantra 2
Sukta 10.172
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ याहि वस्व्या धिया मंहिष्ठो जारयन्मखः सुदानुभिः ॥
Transliteration
ā́ yāhi vásvyā dhiyā́ maṃhiṣṭhó jārayán-makhaḥ sudā́nubhiḥ ||
Translation
ఓ (దేవా), సంపన్నమైన ధియా (చింతన-శక్తి)తో ఇక్కడికి రా; ఓ మహిష్ఠ (అత్యంత మహానుభావా), మా అంతరంలో యజ్ఞాన్ని పరిపక్వం చేయువాడా, నీ సుదాను (శుభ-ప్రవాహాలు/ఉదార దానాలు)తో రా—అవి సత్త్వాన్ని పెంపొందించే ధారలు.
Word by Word
आhither; towards (speaker/ritual place)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
याहिcome!
याहि:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) / yā ‘to go, come’
वस्व्ययाwith a wealth-bringing (thought)
वस्व्यया:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootवस्व्य (प्रातिपदिक) < वसु ‘wealth, good’
धियाwith (our) prayer/insight
धिया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधी (प्रातिपदिक) / dhī ‘thought, insight, prayer’
मंहिष्ठःmost bountiful (one)
मंहिष्ठः:
Kartā (सम्बोधितः)
TypeAdjective
Rootमंहिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) < मंह्/मंह (adj. base) ‘bountiful, great’
जारयन्wearing out; consuming
जारयन्:
Kartā (as qualifier of the addressed deity)
TypeParticiple
Rootजरय् (धातु) / jaray ‘to make old, wear out, consume’
मखःthe sacrifice/rite
मखः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमख (प्रातिपदिक) / makhá ‘sacrifice; sacrificial rite/feast’
सुदानुभिःwith good givers / with good gifts
सुदानुभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun
Rootसुदानु (प्रातिपदिक) < सु- + दानु ‘giving, gift; bountiful’
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