Rig Veda 1.122.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 122, Mantra 1

Sukta 1.122

Devata: Rudra with the Maruts

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र वः पान्तं रघुमन्यवोऽन्धो यज्ञं रुद्राय मीळ्हुषे भरध्वम् । दिवो अस्तोष्यसुरस्य वीरैरिषुध्येव मरुतो रोदस्योः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.122.1

Transliteration

prá vaḥ pā́ntaṁ raghu-manyavo andhó yajñáṁ rudrā́ya mīḷhúṣe bharadhvam | divó astoṣy ásurasya vī́rair iṣudhyā́iva marúto ródasyoḥ ||

Translation

โอ้ผู้เร่งร้อนด้วยเดชกล้า จงนำเครื่องบูชาที่ได้รับการพิทักษ์และน้ำหวานที่คั้นแล้ว (โสมะ) ออกมาเบื้องหน้า จงนำยัญพิธีไปถวายแด่รุทระ ผู้เยียวยาผู้เปี่ยมกรุณา จงสรรเสริญองค์มหาเทพผู้ทรงฤทธิ์แห่งฟากฟ้า พร้อมด้วยวีรชนของพระองค์คือหมู่มรุต ผู้ยืนดุจแล่งธนูที่อัดแน่นด้วยกำลัง อยู่ระหว่างสองโลก (ฟ้าและดิน)

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• वः: of you; for you
• वः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for you) / sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• पान्तम्: protected, guarded
• पान्तम्: Karma (object, qualifying ‘यज्ञम्’)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: पा (धातु ‘to protect’) → पान्त (PPP)

• रघुमन्यवः: O swift-spirited (Maruts)
• रघुमन्यवः: Sambodhana (addressed)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: रघु-मन्यु (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound)

• अन्धः: Soma-juice
• अन्धः: Karma (object, coordinated with ‘यज्ञम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धस् (prātipadika)

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice, offering
• यज्ञम्: Karma (object of ‘भरध्वम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (prātipadika)

• रुद्राय: for Rudra
• रुद्राय: Sampradāna (recipient)
• Type: Noun (proper/theonym)
• Root: रुद्र (prātipadika)

• मीळ्हुषे: to the gracious/bountiful one
• मीळ्हुषे: Sampradāna (recipient; apposition to ‘रुद्राय’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: मीळ्हु (prātipadika; epithet ‘bountiful/merciful’)

• भरध्वम्: bring, bear (hither)
• भरध्वम्: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (धातु ‘to bear, bring’)

• दिवः: from heaven
• दिवः: Apādāna (source: ‘from heaven’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (prātipadika ‘sky, heaven’)

• अस्तोषि: has praised / praised
• अस्तोषि: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातu ‘to praise’)

• असुरस्य: of the Asura (lord)
• असुरस्य: Sambandha (of …) / possessor
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (prātipadika)

• वीरैः: with heroes
• वीरैः: Karaṇa (means/agency)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (prātipadika)

• इषुध्येव: like a quiver
• इषुध्येव: Upamā (simile; qualifier) / Adhikaraṇa-like (as a comparison)
• Type: Noun + Indeclinable (simile)
• Root: इषुधि (prātipadika ‘quiver’) + इव (indecl.)

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: Kartā (subject of ‘अस्तोषि’ in sense: ‘the Maruts praised…’)
• Type: Noun (theonym)
• Root: मरुत् (prātipadika)

• रोदस्योः: of heaven and earth (the two worlds)
• रोदस्योः: Sambandha (of the two worlds)
• Type: Noun (dual collective)
• Root: रोदसी (dual prātipadika ‘heaven-and-earth’)