Rig Veda 10.151.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 151, Mantra 5
Sukta 10.151
Rishi: Śraddhā (personified) / hymn attribution as above (Anukramaṇī tradition)
Devata: Śraddhā
Chandas: Jagatī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
श्रद्धां प्रातर्हवामहे श्रद्धां मध्यंदिनं परि । श्रद्धां सूर्यस्य निम्रुचि श्रद्धे श्रद्धापयेह नः ॥
Transliteration
śraddhā́m prā́tar havāmahe śraddhā́m madhyáṃdinaṃ pári | śraddhā́m sū́ryasya nimrúci śraddhe śrát dhāpayeha naḥ ||
Translation
เราขอเชิญศรัทธา (Śraddhā) ในยามอรุณ; เราห้อมล้อมยามเที่ยงด้วยศรัทธา เราขอเชิญศรัทธาในยามอาทิตย์อัสดง: โอ ศรัทธาเอ๋ย ขอจงสถาปนาในเราที่นี่ ความยินยอมของดวงใจต่อสัจจะเถิด.
Word by Word
श्रद्धाम्faith, trust (as the invoked object)
श्रद्धाम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootश्रद्धा- (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रातर्in the morning
प्रातर्:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातर् (अव्यय)
हवामहेwe invoke, we call upon
हवामहे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (ह्वयति/हवते) ‘to call, invoke’
श्रद्धाम्faith
श्रद्धाम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootश्रद्धा- (प्रातिपदिक)
मध्यम्-दिनम्midday
मध्यम्-दिनम्:
कर्म (कालवाच्य-उपपद)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootमध्य- (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) + दिन- (नाम-प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround; all about (also: ‘fully’)
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
श्रद्धाम्faith
श्रद्धाम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootश्रद्धा- (प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यस्यof the Sun
सूर्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य- (प्रातिपदिक)
निम्रुचिat the sun’s setting/decline (at dusk)
निम्रुचि:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootनि- (उपसर्ग) + म्रुच्/मृच्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘setting, decline, disappearance’)
श्रद्धेO Faith!
श्रद्धे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootश्रद्धा- (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रद्धाfaith
श्रद्धा:
कर्तृ (आशीर्वाद-वाक्ये)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रद्धा- (प्रातिपदिक)
आपयेmake (us) drink; refresh; fill
आपये:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पा (पिबति/पाययति) ‘to drink; to cause to drink, to refresh’
इहhere
इह:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
नःus; for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (हितार्थे) / कर्म (अनुग्रहार्थे)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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