Rig Veda 1.114.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 114, Mantra 9

Sukta 1.114

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa (traditional attribution for RV 1.114)

Devata: Rudra (Father of the Maruts)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उप ते स्तोमान्पशुपा इवाकरं रास्वा पितर्मरुतां सुम्नमस्मे । भद्रा हि ते सुमतिर्मृळयत्तमाथा वयमव इत्ते वृणीमहे ॥

Transliteration

úpa te stómān paśupā́ iva ā́ akaram rásvā pitaḥ marutā́ṃ sumnám asmé | bhadrā́ hí te sumatír mṛḷayát-tamā́ athā́ vayám áva ít te vṛṇīmahe ||

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าถวายบทสรรเสริญแด่ท่าน ดุจผู้ต้อนฝูงสัตว์ไปยังผู้เลี้ยงดู โอ้บิดาแห่งมรุต (Maruts) โปรดประทานความโปรดปรานอันเป็นสิริมงคลแก่เรา เพราะน้ำใจอันดีของท่านนั้นเป็นมงคลแท้ และเปี่ยมด้วยเมตตายิ่ง ดังนั้นเราจึงเลือกเอาเพียงความคุ้มครองของท่าน

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Word by Word

• उप: near, towards (as preverb: ‘up/unto’)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• ते: of you, your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्

• स्तोमान्: hymns, praises
• स्तोमान्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम

• पशुपाः: O herdsman, protector of cattle (Rudra)
• पशुपाः: सम्बोधन/कर्तृ (vocative/nominative used in address)
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: पशुपा (पशु + पा ‘to protect’)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• आ: towards, unto (intensifying/goal)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• अकरम्: I have made / I performed
• अकरम्: कर्तृ (speaker as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ

• रास्व: grant! give!
• रास्व: प्रेरक-क्रिया (injunction to addressee)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रा (ददाति-अर्थे ‘to give, grant’)

• पितः: O father
• पितः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ

• मरुताम्: of the Maruts
• मरुताम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत्

• सुम्नम्: favor, grace, benevolence
• सुम्नम्: कर्म (object of ‘grant’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुम्न

• अस्मे: to us
• अस्मे: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• भद्रा: kind, auspicious
• भद्रा: कर्तृ/विशेषण (predicate adjective of ‘सुमतिः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भद्र

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्

• सुमतिः: good thought, good will, favor
• सुमतिः: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमति

• मृळयत्तमा: most merciful, most gracious
• मृळयत्तमा: कर्तृ/विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृळयत्तम (superlative adj. from √मृळ/मृड् ‘to be gracious, to pity’)

• अथ: then, so
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अवः: help, protection
• अवः: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस्

• इत्: just, indeed, precisely
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्

• ते: of you, your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्

• वृणीमहे: we choose, we seek
• वृणीमहे: कर्तृ (we as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वृणुते ‘to choose’)