Rig Veda 5.70.1: Mandala 5, Sukta 70, Mantra 1
Sukta 5.70
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (shorter 8-syllable cadence; hymn 5.70 is characteristically compact)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पुरूरुणा चिद्ध्यस्त्यवो नूनं वां वरुण । मित्र वंसि वां सुमतिम् ॥
Transliteration
purū́ruṇā cid dhy ásty ávo nūnáṃ vāṃ varuṇa | mitra váṃsi vāṃ sumatím ||
Translation
Selbst bei vielen Verwundungen und Mühen ist eure Hilfe jetzt wahrhaft für uns da, o Varuṇa; o Mitra, ihr beide wünscht uns sumatí — gutes Sinnen, rechtes und lichtes Verstehen.
Word by Word
पुरूरुणाwith Purūru (Purūravas/one named Purūru)
पुरूरुणा:
Karaṇa (सह/साकं-भावे ‘with’)
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootपुरूरु (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even, indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय)
हिfor, indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
अवःhelp, protection, favor
अवः:
Kartā (अस्ति इत्यस्य कर्तृ/विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootअवस्/अवः (प्रातिपदिक)
नूनम्now, surely
नूनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम् (अव्यय)
वाम्of/for you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (to/for/of you two)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वरुणO Varuṇa
वरुण:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (deity, vocative)
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
मित्रO Mitra
मित्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (deity, vocative)
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वसिyou dwell/abide
वसि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवस् (धातु; ‘to dwell/abide’)
वाम्in/with/of you two
वाम्:
Adhikaraṇa/सम्बन्ध (in/with you two; or ‘of you two’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुमतिम्good thought; good favor; benevolence
सुमतिम्:
Karma (वाच्य/प्रार्थ्य-वस्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootसु-मति (प्रातिपदिक)
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Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
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Chanting Notes
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