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Rig Veda 7.88.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 88, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.88

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Varuṇa
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

प्र शुन्ध्युवं वरुणाय प्रेष्ठां मतिं वसिष्ठ मीळ्हुषे भरस्व । य ईमर्वाञ्चं करते यजत्रं सहस्रामघं वृषणं बृहन्तम् ॥

prá śundhyúvam váruṇāya préṣṭhāṃ matíṃ vasiṣṭha mīḷhúṣe bharasva | yá īm arvā́ñcaṃ kárate yájatraṃ sahásrāmaghaṃ vṛ́ṣaṇaṃ bṛhántam ||

ఓ వసిష్ఠా, వరుణునికై—ఆ కృపాళు దాతకై—అత్యంత ప్రియమైన, శుద్ధమైన మతి (భావం/చింతన)ను ముందుకు తెమ్ము. అతడే యజ్ఞబలాన్ని మన వైపు తిప్పుతాడు; అతడు యజత్ర (పూజ్యుడు)—సహస్రసంపదలతో, వృషభ (బలవంతుడు), బృహంత (విరాటుడు).

प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
शुन्धिpurify!
शुन्धि:
(predicate; addressed to Varuṇa)
TypeVerb
Rootशुध् (शुन्ध्) ‘to purify’
युवम्you two
युवम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
वरुणायfor Varuṇa
वरुणाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootवरुण
प्रforth
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
प्रेष्ठाम्most dear, best
प्रेष्ठाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रेष्ठ (superlative of प्रिय/प्रि ‘dear’)
मतिम्thought, hymn, intention
मतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमति
वसिष्ठO Vasiṣṭha
वसिष्ठ:
(addressed)
TypeNoun (proper; vocative)
Rootवसिष्ठ
मीळ्हुषेto the gracious/bountiful one
मीळ्हुषे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootमीळ्हु (epithet ‘bountiful/merciful’; from √मृड्/मिळ्ह् in Vedic usage)
भरस्वbring!
भरस्व:
(predicate; addressed to Vasiṣṭha)
TypeVerb
Rootभृ ‘to bear, bring’
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद्
ईम्indeed, just, him
ईम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootईम्
अर्वाञ्चम्turned hither, coming toward (us)
अर्वाञ्चम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्वाञ्च्
करतेmakes
करते:
(predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ ‘to make, do’
यजत्रम्worthy of worship
यजत्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootयजत्र
सहस्रामघम्of thousand gifts, richly bounteous
सहस्रामघम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-मघ (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa: ‘having thousandfold gifts’)
वृषणम्the bull; the vigorous one
वृषणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन्
बृहन्तम्great, lofty
बृहन्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त्

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