Rig Veda 7.9.3 — Mandala 7, Sukta 9, Mantra 3
Sukta 7.9
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Agni (with epithets and identifications touching solar/Aditi/Mitra; also the ‘Child of the Waters’ motif often linked with Agni Apām Napāt)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अमूरः कविरदितिर्विवस्वान्त्सुसंसन्मित्रो अतिथिः शिवो नः । चित्रभानुरुषसां भात्यग्रेऽपां गर्भः प्रस्व आ विवेश ॥
Transliteration
amūraḥ kavír áditir vivásvān su-saṃsán mitró átithiḥ śivó naḥ | citrábhānur uṣásām bhāty ágre 'pā́m gárbhaḥ prasvá ā viveśa ||
Translation
不迷惘的圣见者——阿底提（Aditi，包容一切的广大），毗婆斯梵（Vivasvān，辉耀者），守和谐法度的密特罗（Mitra），为我家而来的吉祥宾客。其光彩多姿，先于诸曙光而照耀；水之胎子（Apāṃ garbhaḥ），那推动向前者，已入于显现。
Word by Word
अमूरःwise/skillful (epithet)
अमूरः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअमूर (प्रातिपदिक; न-समास/विशेषण)
कविःseer, poet
कविः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
अदितिःAditi (goddess)
अदितिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
विवस्वान्Vivasvān (the Sun)
विवस्वान्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
सुसंसत्well-seated / well-established
सुसंसत्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-सम्-सद् (कृदन्त; √सद् ‘to sit/settle’)
मित्रःMitra (deity)
मित्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अतिथिःguest
अतिथिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
शिवःauspicious, gracious
शिवः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
चित्रभानुःbright-flamed/bright-shining (Agni)
चित्रभानुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootचित्र-भानु (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
उषसाम्of the dawns
उषसाम्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
भातिshines
भाति:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√भा (भा दीप्तौ)
अग्रेin front, at the fore
अग्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial locative)
Rootअग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक)
गर्भःembryo, womb, hidden one
गर्भः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रस्वःthe impeller/producer; the begetter
प्रस्वः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्रस्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्रसव/प्रसवः’ इत्यर्थे वैदिकरूपम्)
आtowards, into
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
विवेशhas entered
विवेश:
Karma
TypeVerb
Root√विश् (विश् प्रवेशने)
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