Rig Veda 1.151.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 151, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.151

Rishi: Māmateya (traditional attribution for this hymn-group)

Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (dual)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यो वां यज्ञैः शशमानो ह दाशति कविर्होता यजति मन्मसाधनः । उपाह तं गच्छथो वीथो अध्वरमच्छा गिरः सुमतिं गन्तमस्मयू ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.151.7

Transliteration

yó vā́ṃ yajñáiḥ śaśamānáḥ ha dā́śati kavír hótā yájati manmá-sā́dhanaḥ | upā́ha táṃ gácchatho vīthó adhvarám ácchā gíraḥ su-matíṃ gantam asmayū́ ||

Translation

ผู้ใดก็ตามที่เติบใหญ่ด้วยยัญญะและถวายแด่ท่านทั้งสอง—ผู้นั้นเป็นกวี เป็นโหตฤ (hotar) ผู้ประกอบพิธี ผู้บรรลุวาจาภายใน. ท่านทั้งสองย่อมเสด็จไปหาเขาโดยแท้; จงมาสู่การเดินทางแห่งพิธีบูชา มาสู่บทสรรเสริญ—และจงมาถึงพร้อมสุมัติ (sumati) คือไมตรีจิตอันสว่างไสว เพื่อพวกเราผู้แสวงหาท่าน.

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: you two / of you two
• वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञैः: with sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• शशमानः: striving, exerting himself
• शशमानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: शम् (धातु; ‘शमयति/शाम्यति’ → ‘to toil/strive, be intent’), शशमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• दाशति: gives, offers
• दाशति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दाश् (धातु; ‘to give, offer’)

• कविः: the sage/poet
• कविः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• होता: the Hotṛ-priest
• होता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यजति: worships, sacrifices
• यजति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु; ‘to worship, sacrifice’)

• मन्मसाधनः: accomplishing (the rite) by hymns/thought
• मन्मसाधनः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: मन्मन् (मनस्/मन्मन् ‘thought, hymn’) + साधन (प्रातिपदिक; from √साध् ‘to accomplish’)

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• आ: hither, to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गच्छथः: you two go
• गच्छथः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु; ‘to go’)

• वीथः: (on) the course/way
• वीथः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीथ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘course/track, way, procession’)

• अध्वरम्: the sacrifice (rite)
• अध्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अच्छा: towards
• अच्छा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छा (अव्यय)

• गिरः: songs, hymns
• गिरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुमतिम्: good thought/favor
• सुमतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमति (प्रातिपदिक)

• गन्तम्: come! / go!
• गन्तम्: —
• Type: Participle (imperatival)
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गन्तृ/गन्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मयू: you two who are kindly to us
• अस्मयू: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मयु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘friendly to us, our well-wisher’)