Rig Veda 3.62.16: Mandala 3, Sukta 62, Mantra 16

Sukta 3.62

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina

Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नो मित्रावरुणा घृतैर्गव्यूतिमुक्षतम् । मध्वा रजांसि सुक्रतू ॥

Transliteration

ā́ no mitrā́varuṇā ghṛtáiḥ gavyū́tim ukṣatam | mádhvā rajā́ṃsi sukratū ||

Translation

Kommt zu uns, Mitra und Varuṇa; mit Ghṛta, dem geklärten Glanz, gießt uns den Pfad aus, der zu den Strahlen führt. Mit honigsüßer Fülle erfüllt die Räume, ihr Vollkommenen im Wirken.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards (preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us) [semantic]
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun stem)

• मित्रावरुणा: Mitra and Varuṇa
• मित्रावरुणा: Kartā (subject)
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: मित्र + वरुण (compound)

• घृतैः: with ghee, with clarified butter
• घृतैः: Karaṇa (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (prātipadika)

• गव्यूतिम्: the cattle-track; pasture-path / course
• गव्यूतिम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गव्यूति (prātipadika)

• उक्षतम्: sprinkle/anoint (you two); make (it) flow/strengthen
• उक्षतम्: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वक्ष्/उक्ष् (धातु; Vedic: उक्ष् ‘to sprinkle, anoint; to make flow/strengthen’)

• मध्वा: with honey/sweetness (with mead)
• मध्वा: Karaṇa (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (prātipadika)

• रजांसि: the regions/spaces; realms
• रजांसि: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (prātipadika)

• सुक्रतू: you two of good resolve/power (good in action)
• सुक्रतू: Kartā (apposition to subject)
• Type: Adjective (epithet of the dual deities)
• Root: सु- + क्रतु (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/epithet)