Rig Veda 8.67.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 67, Mantra 2
Sukta 8.67
Devata: Ādityas (Mitra, Varuṇa, Aryaman)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मित्रो नो अत्यंहतिं वरुणः पर्षदर्यमा । आदित्यासो यथा विदुः ॥
Transliteration
mitró no áty aṃ́hatim váruṇaḥ parṣad aryamā́ | ādityā́so yáthā vidúḥ ||
Translation
Mitra führe uns über Enge und Bedrängnis hinaus; Varuṇa und Aryaman mögen uns hinübergeleiten – damit die Ādityas, wie sie das Gesetz (ṛta) kennen, uns den sicheren Übergang in die Weite gewähren.
Word by Word
मित्रःMitra (the deity)
मित्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अतिover, beyond; very
अति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अंहतिम्distress, harm, affliction
अंहतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअंहति (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; from अंहस् ‘distress, sin, narrowness’)
वरुणःVaruṇa (the deity)
वरुणः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
पर्षत्may (he) carry across / save
पर्षत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपॄ/पॢ (धातु: पॄ ‘to carry across, save, bring over’; Vedic present stem पर्ष-)
अर्यमाAryaman (the deity)
अर्यमा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअर्यमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
आदित्याःthe Ādityas
आदित्याः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यथाas, according as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
विदुःthey know
विदुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु: विद् ‘to know’)
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