Rig Veda 7.40.4 — Mandala 7, Sukta 40, Mantra 4
Sukta 7.40
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Varuṇa (lead), with Mitra, Aryaman, Waters, and Aditi
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अयं हि नेता वरुण ऋतस्य मित्रो राजानो अर्यमापो धुः । सुहवा देव्यदितिरनर्वा ते नो अंहो अति पर्षन्नरिष्टान् ॥
Transliteration
ayáṃ hí netā́ váruṇa ṛtásya mitró rājāno aryámāpo dhúḥ | suháva devy áditir anarvā́ te no aṃhó áti parṣann áriṣṭān ||
Translation
此伐楼那（Varuṇa）确为真理（ṛta）之引领者；密特拉（Mitra）与阿梨耶曼（Aryaman）为王者，而诸水（Āpas）承负其重。愿善受呼唤的女神阿底提（Aditi），不失其步，载我们越过困厄；愿那些神力使我们渡越，安然无伤。
Word by Word
अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
नेताleader, guide
नेता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनी (धातु) → नेतृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
वरुणःVaruṇa
वरुणः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
ऋतस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
मित्रःMitra
मित्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
राजानःkings, rulers
राजानः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्यमाAryaman
अर्यमा:
Kartā
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootअर्यमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अपःthe waters
अपः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
धुःthey have set/placed/established
धुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु; वेदिक-विशेषः: धा/धव् ‘स्थापयति/धारयति/विधत्ते’)
सुहवाeasy to invoke
सुहवा:
Kartā (as qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-हव (प्रातिपदिक; सु + हव ‘to call/invoke’)
देवीgoddess
देवी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक; देव)
अदितिःAditi
अदितिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootअदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
अनर्वाunfailing, not weak
अनर्वा:
Kartā (as qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; a- + नर्वन् ‘weak/feeble’, hence ‘not feeble’)
तेyou (pl.)
ते:
Sampradāna (addressed to) / Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / of us
नः:
Sampradāna (for us) / Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अंहःdistress, sin, trouble
अंहः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अतिacross, beyond
अति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
पर्षन्may they carry (us) across
पर्षन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपॄ (धातु; ‘to carry across, save’)
अरिष्टान्unharmed, uninjured (ones)
अरिष्टान्:
Karma (result/state)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअरिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
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Vedic Cosmology
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