Rig Veda 7.100.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 100, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.100

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional)

Devata: Vishnu

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नू मर्तो दयते सनिष्यन्यो विष्णव उरुगायाय दाशत् । प्र यः सत्राचा मनसा यजात एतावन्तं नर्यमाविवासात् ॥

Transliteration

nū́ márto dayate saniṣyán yó víṣṇava urugāyā́ya dā́śat | prá yáḥ satrā́cā mánasā yájāta etā́vantaṃ náryam āvivāsāt ||

Translation

บัดนี้ มนุษย์ผู้แสวงหาจะได้มา ย่อมถวายแด่วิษณุผู้ควรถูกขับร้องอย่างกว้างไกล (urugāya). เขาก้าวหน้าไปด้วยใจมั่นคง และประกอบยัญพิธี; เขาเข้าใกล้และบำเรอพลังอันองอาจนั้นอย่างเต็มส่วน เพื่อให้ผู้กว้างใหญ่ค้ำจุนการไต่สูงของเขา.

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Word by Word

• नू: now, indeed
• नू: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नू (नुनम्) अव्यय

• मर्तः: a mortal (man)
• मर्तः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त (प्रातिपदिक) < √मृ (to die)

• दयते: gives, bestows
• दयते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दय् (दयते) / √दा (to give) — Vedic middle form

• सनिष्यन्: seeking to win, desiring to obtain
• सनिष्यन्: Kartā (विशेषणम्) / हेतुः
• Type: Participle
• Root: √सन् (to win, obtain) + सन्-इष्य (desiderative) → सनिष्यत्/सनिष्यन्

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā (सम्बन्धक) / सम्बन्धः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विष्णवे: to Viṣṇu
• विष्णवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)

• उरुगायाय: to the wide-striding / far-famed (one)
• उरुगायाय: Sampradāna (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: उरुगाय (प्रातिपदिक; उरु- + गाय ‘wide-going/wide-sung’)

• दाशत्: offers, presents (a gift/oblation)
• दाशत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दाश् (to worship, offer, give) — injunctive/aorist form

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सत्राचा: going in the sacrificial session; steadily/continuously (in rite)
• सत्राचा: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्राच् (प्रातिपदिक; सत्र ‘session’ + अञ्च् ‘going’)

• मनसा: with (his) mind
• मनसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यजात: has worshipped / worships (in solemn rite)
• यजात: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यज् (to worship, sacrifice) — perfect/aorist Vedic form

• एतावन्तम्: so great, of such measure
• एतावन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतावन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नर्यम्: manly (deed/heroic one)
• नर्यम्: Karma (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: नर्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘manly, pertaining to men’)

• आविवासात्: has reverenced, has served (with homage)
• आविवासात्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√वस् / √वास् (to dwell; in causative/iterative ‘to honor, to serve’) — Vedic intensive/causative aorist