Rig Veda 5.82.4 — Mandala 5, Sukta 82, Mantra 4

Sukta 5.82

Devata: Savitṛ

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अद्या नो देव सवितः प्रजावत्सावीः सौभगम् । परा दुष्ष्वप्न्यं सुव ॥

Transliteration

adyā́ no deva savitaḥ prajā́vatsāvī́ḥ sáubhagam | párā duṣṣvápnyaṃ suva ||

Translation

আজ, হে দেব সবিতৃ, আমাদের জন্য প্রজাসম্পন্ন ও বৃদ্ধিসমৃদ্ধ সৌভাগ্য প্রেরণা কর; আর দুষ্ট স্বপ্নরূপ অকল্যাণকে দূরে সরিয়ে দাও।

Word by Word

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)

• नः: to us / our
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary ‘to us’) / or Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (‘our’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• देव: O god
• देव: (Address) —
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: देव

• सवितः: O Savitar
• सवितः: (Address) —
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सवितृ

• प्रजावत्: endowed with offspring
• प्रजावत्: Karma (result/object of the causative wish)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रजा + वत् (प्रजावत्)

• सावीः: impel, grant, bring about
• सावीः: (Predicate) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सू (धातु) → सव्/सावय् (causative stem)

• सौभगम्: good fortune, prosperity
• सौभगम्: Karma (what is to be granted)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभग (from सु- + भग ‘good fortune’)

• परा: away, forth
• परा: (Verb-modifier) —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दुष्ष्वप्न्यम्: evil dream, nightmare (evil)
• दुष्ष्वप्न्यम्: Karma (thing to be driven away)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दुः-स्वप्न्य (दुष् + स्वप्न ‘bad dream’ + य)

• सुव: drive away, impel
• सुव: (Predicate) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सू (धातु) with preverb परा implied by proximity; Vedic imperative/aorist injunctive