Mantra 4
Sukta 10.60
Rishi: Agastya (traditional)
Devata: Indra (contextual continuity with v.5 explicit Indra)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; needs verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्येक्ष्वाकुरुप व्रते रेवान्मराय्येधते । दिवीव पञ्च कृष्टयः ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
यस्म्ये॑क्ष्वा॒कुरुप॑ व्र॒ते रे॒वान्म॑रा॒य्येध॑ते । दि॒वी॑व॒ पञ्च॑ कृ॒ष्टय॑: ॥
Transliteration
yásmy ékṣvākúr úpa vraté revā́n marā́yy édhaté | divī́va páñca kṛṣṭáyaḥ ||
Translation
In whose law of working the Ikṣvāku grows luminous in riches and in the glad increase—like in heaven the five peoples grow by the light of that higher order.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
यस्य॑ । इ॒क्ष्वा॒कुः । उप॑ । व्र॒ते । रे॒वान् । म॒रा॒यी । एध॑ते । दि॒विऽइ॑व । पञ्च॑ । कृ॒ष्टयः॑ ॥यस्य । इक्ष्वाकुः । उप । व्रते । रेवान् । मरायी । एधते । दिविइव । पञ्च । कृष्टयः ॥yasya | ikṣvākuḥ | upa | vrate | revān | marāyī | edhate | divi-iva | pañca | kṛṣṭayaḥ
Word by Word
यस्मिin/for whom
यस्मि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → यस्-
इक्ष्वाकुःIkṣvāku
इक्ष्वाकुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootइक्ष्वाकु- (प्रातिपदिक; proper name)
उपnear; towards; in addition (up to)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
व्रतेin the vow/observance; in the sacred ordinance
व्रते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत- (प्रातिपदिक)
रेवान्wealthy; splendid
रेवान्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootरेवत्- (प्रातिपदिक; adj. from रेवत् ‘possessing wealth/splendour’)
मराय्येधतेprospers; grows strong; thrives
मराय्येधते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√इध् (इन्धे/एधते ‘to prosper, to thrive, to be kindled’) with preverb मरा- (Vedic) + ya-suffix (Vedic formation)
दिविin heaven; in the sky
दिवि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ-/दिव्- (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike; as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
—
TypeNumeral
Rootपञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
कृष्टयःpeoples; communities; cultivated tribes
कृष्टयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्टि- (प्रातिपदिक)