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Rig Veda 10.59.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 59, Mantra 5

Sukta 10.59

Devata: Asunīti (life-breath conductor; allied to Āyu/Prāṇa powers)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; needs verification)

असुनीते मनो अस्मासु धारय जीवातवे सु प्र तिरा न आयुः । रारन्धि नः सूर्यस्य संदृशि घृतेन त्वं तन्वं वर्धयस्व ॥

asunī́te máno asmā́su dhāraya jī́vātave sú prá tirā na ā́yuḥ | rārā́ndhi naḥ sū́ryasya saṃdṛ́śi ghṛténa tváṃ tanvā́ṃ vardhayasva ||

O Lenker des Lebenshauchs (prāṇa), halte den Geist in uns fest zum Leben; führe unsere Lebenskraft sicher voran. Stelle uns in die Schau der Sonne; und mit ghṛta, dem geklärten Reichtum, mehre und stärke unser leibhaftes Sein.

असुनीतेO Asunīti (guide/restorer of the life-breath)
असुनीते:
सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (vocative) / epithet
Rootअसु-नीति (प्रातिपदिक; असु ‘प्राण’ + नीति ‘नेतृ/नेतृत्व/मार्गदर्शन’)
मनःmind
मनः:
कर्म (object of धारय)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मासुin us / among us
अस्मासु:
अधिकारण (locus: ‘in/among us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धारयhold, keep, sustain
धारय:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootधृ (धातु)
जीवातवेfor living, to live
जीवातवे:
प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान (for the purpose of living)
TypeInfinitive-like dative (purpose)
Rootजीव् (धातु) → जीवातु (कृदन्त/नामधातु-आधार) / ‘जीवातु’
सुwell, wholly
सु:
विशेषण-भाव (intensifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु (अव्यय)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
क्रियाविशेषण (with तिरा/तिरा)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
तिराacross, beyond (successfully through)
तिरा:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतिरस्/तिरा (अव्यय; ‘across, beyond’)
नःus / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध/सम्प्रदान (our / for us; contextually ‘for us’)
TypePronoun (enclitic)
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
आयुःlife, lifespan
आयुः:
कर्तृ (subject of implied ‘अस्तु/वर्धताम्’ with तिरा)
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
रारन्धिgrant, arrange, bestow
रारन्धि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootरन्ध् (धातु; ‘to set in order/arrange, make ready, grant’)
नःto us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun (enclitic)
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
सूर्यस्यof the Sun
सूर्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
संदृशिin the presence/sight
संदृशि:
अधिकारण (in the sight/presence)
TypeNoun
Rootसंदृश्/संदृशि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sight, presence, view’)
घृतेनwith ghee (clarified butter)
घृतेन:
करण (instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootघृत (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
तन्वम्body, person
तन्वम्:
कर्म (object of वर्धयस्व)
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (प्रातिपदिक)
वर्धयस्वincrease, strengthen
वर्धयस्व:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवृध् (धातु)

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