Rig Veda 10.178.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 178, Mantra 2
Sukta 10.178
Devata: Tārkṣya (continuation) with Indra as comparative exemplar
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इन्द्रस्येव रातिमाजोहुवानाः स्वस्तये नावमिवा रुहेम । उर्वी न पृथ्वी बहुले गभीरे मा वामेतौ मा परेतौ रिषाम ॥
Transliteration
índrasyeva rātím ā́johuvānāḥ svastáye nā́vam ivā́ ruhema | urvī́ ná pṛthvī́ bahulé gabhī́re mā́ vām etáu mā́ parétau riṣāma ||
Translation
如同向因陀罗（Indra）呼求赐予一般，我们呼唤这份赠礼；愿我们为安泰而登乘它，如登舟。它广大如深厚而辽阔的大地——愿我们在来与去、此番渡越之中，都不受伤害。
Word by Word
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
रातिम्gift, bounty
रातिम्:
कर्म (object of implied ‘to obtain/receive’)
TypeNoun
Rootराति (प्रातिपदिक; √रा/√दा ‘to give’ से ‘gift’)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ
जोहुवानाःrepeatedly invoking
जोहुवानाः:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√हू (जुहोति) ‘to call/invoke’
स्वस्तयेfor well-being, for safety
स्वस्तये:
सम्प्रदान (purpose/beneficiary)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
नावम्a boat
नावम्:
कर्म (object with verb of mounting)
TypeNoun
Rootनाव्/नौ (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
रुहेमmay we mount/ascend
रुहेम:
क्रिया (main verb)
TypeVerb
Root√रुह् ‘to mount, ascend’
उर्वीbroad, wide (one)
उर्वी:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (subject/predicate term)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootउर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
पृथ्वीthe Earth
पृथ्वी:
उपमान (standard of comparison)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथ्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
बहुलेin abundance, manifold
बहुले:
अधिकरण (locative circumstance)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहुल (प्रातिपदिक)
गभीरेin the deep (place), deep
गभीरे:
अधिकरण/विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootगभीर (प्रातिपदिक)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
वाम्you two / of you two
वाम्:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (contextual)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
एतौthese two
एतौ:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
परेतौhaving gone away, departed
परेतौ:
कर्तृ (with ‘एतौ’)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√इ (to go) with preverb परा-; ‘परेत’ (gone forth)
रिषामmay I be harmed / let (me/us) not be harmed
रिषाम:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√रिष् ‘to be harmed, to suffer injury’
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