Rig Veda 5.43.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 43, Mantra 2

Sukta 5.43

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) (traditional; verify)

Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (Heaven and Earth)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī (to be confirmed)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ सुष्टुती नमसा वर्तयध्यै द्यावा वाजाय पृथिवी अमृध्रे । पिता माता मधुवचाः सुहस्ता भरेभरे नो यशसावविष्टाम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.43.2

Transliteration

ā́ suṣṭutī́ námasā vartayádhyai dyā́vā vājā́ya pṛthivī́ amṛ́dhre | pitā́ mātā́ mádhuvacāḥ suhástā bháre-bhare no yaśásā́v aviṣṭām ||

Translation

Let the good praise be set in motion with reverence, O Heaven and Earth, for the plenitude of force. Father and Mother, sweet of speech and skilled of hand, in each bearing of life may you protect us with glory.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; forth (towards)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• सु॑ष्टु॒ती: good praise (hymn of praise)
• सु॑ष्टु॒ती: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- + स्तुति (स्तु √स्तु ‘to praise’)

• नम॑सा: with reverence; with homage
• नम॑सा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्

• वर्त॒यध्यै॒: turn/bring forth; set in motion (you should)
• वर्त॒यध्यै॒: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत्/वर्त् (वर्तयति, caus.)

• द्यावा: the two heavens (Heaven-and-)
• द्यावा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्याव् (द्यौः)

• वाजा॑य: for strength/prize; for victory
• वाजा॑य: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज

• पृथि॒वी: Earth
• पृथि॒वी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी

• अमृ॑ध्रे: unharming; uninjured; unopposed
• अमृ॑ध्रे: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ- + मृध्र (√मृध् ‘to harm/oppose’)

• पि॒ता: Father
• पि॒ता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ

• मा॒ता: Mother
• मा॒ता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ

• मधु॑वचाः: sweet-speaking
• मधु॑वचाः: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु- + वचस्

• सु॒हस्ता॒: good-handed; kindly-handed
• सु॒हस्ता॒: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + हस्त

• भरे॑भरे: in every bearing/contest; again and again
• भरे॑भरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (indeclinable repetition)
• Root: भर

• नः: of us; our
• नः: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• य॒शसा॑: with glory; with fame
• य॒शसा॑: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्

• अवविष्टाम्: let the two favor/bestow upon (us)
• अवविष्टाम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव- + √विष्/वेष् (विष्टि ‘to settle/enter’; here: ‘to bestow/bring down’ in Vedic usage)