Rig Veda 7.66.19: Mandala 7, Sukta 66, Mantra 19

Sukta 7.66

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (invocation/imperative style)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ यातं मित्रावरुणा जुषाणावाहुतिं नरा । पातं सोममृतावृधा ॥

Transliteration

ā́ yā́taṃ mitrā́varuṇā juṣāṇā́vā́hutim narā | pā́taṃ sómam ṛtā́vṛdhā ||

Translation

Kommt her, o Mitra und Varuṇa, euch an der Opfergabe erfreuend, o starke Männer. Trinkt den Soma, ihr, die ihr das Ṛta mehrt.

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Word by Word

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

• यातम्: come (you two)!
• यातम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) / yā ‘to go’

• मित्रावरुणा: Mitra and Varuṇa (the two gods)
• मित्रावरुणा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual compound name)
• Root: मित्र + वरुण (प्रातिपदिके)

• जुषाणौ: being pleased; accepting (you two)
• जुषाणौ: Kartā (विशेषणम्) / agent-qualifier
• Type: Verb (participial) / Adjectival participle
• Root: जुष् (धातु) / juṣ ‘to enjoy, be pleased, accept’

• आहुतिम्: the oblation
• आहुतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-हु (धातु) / ā-hu ‘to offer, sacrifice’ → आहुति (प्रातिपदिक)

• नरा: O you two men/heroic ones (vocative, addressed to the gods)
• नरा: —
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)

• पातम्: drink (you two)!
• पातम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) / pā ‘to drink, protect’ (here: drink)

• सोमम्: Soma (the pressed ritual drink)
• सोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतावृधा: O you two who increase/support ṛta (cosmic order)
• ऋतावृधा: —
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: ऋत + वृध (प्रातिपदिक-समासः: ‘ṛta’ + ‘vṛdh’)