Rig Veda 7.53.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 53, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.53

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī (Heaven and Earth)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र द्यावा यज्ञैः पृथिवी नमोभिः सबाध ईळे बृहती यजत्रे । ते चिद्धि पूर्वे कवयो गृणन्तः पुरो मही दधिरे देवपुत्रे ॥

Transliteration

prá dyā́vā yajñáiḥ pṛthivī́ námobhiḥ sabā́dha īḷe bṛhatī́ yájatre | té cíd dhi pū́rve kaváyo gṛṇántaḥ puró mahī́ dadhire deváputre ||

Translation

With sacrifices Heaven and with acts of reverence Earth—together and without division—I invoke the two vast and worthy of offering. For even the ancient seers, chanting, set these two in the forefront, the great god-born powers.

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Word by Word

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

• द्यावाः: the two heavens (Heaven and Earth as a pair)
• द्यावाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• पृथिवी: Earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमोभिः: with obeisances, with reverences
• नमोभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सबाधे: O you two who repel/overcome (obstacles)
• सबाधे: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सबाध (प्रातिपदिक; from sa- + bādh ‘press, constrain’)

• ईळे: I praise / I invoke
• ईळे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईळ्/ईड् (धातु; Vedic ‘to praise, invoke’)

• बृहती: O two great ones
• बृहती: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (used as epithet)
• Root: बृहती (प्रातिपदिक; from bṛh ‘great’)

• यजत्रे: O two worthy of sacrifice
• यजत्रे: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यजत्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘worthy of worship’, from yaj)

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्: indeed, even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (particle)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (particle)

• पूर्वे: the former (ones), the ancients
• पूर्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• कवयः: seers, poets
• कवयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• गृणन्तः: praising, singing
• गृणन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: गृ (धातु ‘to sing, praise’) → गृणत् (present participle)

• पुरः: in front, before
• पुरः: Adhikaraṇa (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial accusative)
• Root: पुरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मही: great (thing) / greatly
• मही: Karma (object/extent)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधिरे: they have placed / they set
• दधिरे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु ‘to place, set’)

• देवपुत्रे: in/among the two divine offspring (Heaven and Earth)
• देवपुत्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: देवपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘son of the god(s)’)