Rig Veda 3.59.9: Mandala 3, Sukta 59, Mantra 9
Sukta 3.59
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional)
Devata: Mitra
Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मित्रो देवेष्वायुषु जनाय वृक्तबर्हिषे । इष इष्टव्रता अकः ॥
Transliteration
mitró devéṣv ā́yuṣu jánāya vṛktábarhiṣe | íṣa iṣṭávratā akaḥ ||
Translation
মিত্র দেবগণের মধ্যে ও আয়ুষ্যধারায়, যে জন বর্হিস্ (যজ্ঞাসন) বিছিয়েছে তার জন্য কর্ম করেন। ইষ্ট-ব্রত (নির্বাচিত ধর্ম/ব্রত) পালনকারীদের জন্য তিনি ইষঃ—সমৃদ্ধির প্রেরণা—গঠন করেন।
Word by Word
मित्रःMitra (the god Mitra)
मित्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
देवेषुamong the gods
देवेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
आयुषुin the lifetimes / in vital powers
आयुषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
जनायfor the people / for mankind
जनाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
वृक्तबर्हिषेto/for the one whose sacrificial grass is strewn/trimmed (the well-prepared sacrificer/altar)
वृक्तबर्हिषे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeAdjective (used substantively as epithet)
Rootवृक्त-बर्हिस् (समास; वृक्त < √वृज्/वृञ्ज् ‘to clear, cut away’ + बर्हिस् ‘sacrificial grass’)
इषःrefreshments / invigorating powers
इषः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइष् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘refreshment, nourishment, strength’)
इष्टव्रताःhaving the desired ordinances / of chosen observance
इष्टव्रताः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootइष्ट-व्रत (समास; इष्ट ‘desired/approved’ + व्रत ‘ordinance, vow’)
अकःhas made / has brought about
अकः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अक् (धातु; ‘to reach/attain; to make, effect’ — Vedic aorist form)
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