Rig Veda 1.89.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 89, Mantra 9

Sukta 1.89

Rishi: Gautama (traditional for RV 1.89)

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (the All-Gods; collective luminous powers)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; RV 1.89 is commonly Jagatī)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शतमिन्नु शरदो अन्ति देवा यत्रा नश्चक्रा जरसं तनूनाम् । पुत्रासो यत्र पितरो भवन्ति मा नो मध्या रीरिषतायुर्गन्तोः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.89.9

Transliteration

śatám ín nu śarádo ánti devā́ yátrā naś cakrá jarásaṃ tanū́nām | putrā́so yátra pitaró bhávanti mā́ no madhyā́ rī́riṣatā́yur gántoḥ ||

Translation

May the Gods grant that a hundred autumns come near to us—where they have fashioned for us the ripening fullness of our embodied being; where the sons themselves become the fathers. Let not our life-force be harmed for us in the middle of its journey.

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Word by Word

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (परिमाण/अवधि) / विशेषण-भाव
• Type: Noun/Number
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (निपात)

• शरदः: autumns; years
• शरदः: Karma (काल-अवधि) / विशेष्य
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्ति: near, in the presence (of)
• अन्ति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्ति (अव्यय) / अन्त (निकट)

• देवाः: O gods
• देवाः: सम्बोधन (आह्वान) / (अन्ति इत्यस्य अधिकरण-संबन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (अधिकार/स्वाम्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• चक्रा: made, fashioned
• चक्रा: Karma (कृत-कार्य) / विशेषण
• Type: Verb (periphrastic perfect form used adjectivally) / Kṛdanta
• Root: कृ (धातु) → चक्र (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• जरसम्: old age, decay
• जरसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तनूनाम्: of (our) bodies
• तनूनाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुत्रासः: sons
• पुत्रासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)

• पितरः: fathers
• पितरः: Kartā (भवति-क्रियायाः कर्तृ) / विधेय
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवन्ति: become, are
• भवन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध)

• नः: us
• नः: Karma (प्रत्यवाय-प्राप्त)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मध्या: in the middle, in between
• मध्या: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (used adverbially) / Indeclinable-like
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• रीरिषत: may (it) harm, injure
• रीरिषत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिष् (धातु) (हिंसार्थ) with reduplication

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: Kartā (गन्तोः/गच्छतोः विशेष्य) / विषय
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गन्तोः: of the two goers / in the course of going (i.e., as life goes on)
• गन्तोः: सम्बन्ध/Adhikaraṇa (निर्भर-निर्देश)
• Type: Kṛdanta (agent noun) / Participle-like
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गन्तृ (कृदन्त) / गन्तोः (द्विवचन-षष्ठी/सप्तमी)