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Mantra 7

Sukta 5.64

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa (as yajatā, deva-kṣatre; also ‘narā’ as heroic pair-epithet)
Chandas: Jagatī or extended Triṣṭubh (this verse is metrically longer/complex; exact chandas should be verified against pada count in a critical edition)

उच्छन्त्यां मे यजता देवक्षत्रे रुशद्गवि । सुतं सोमं न हस्तिभिरा पड्भिर्धावतं नरा बिभ्रतावर्चनानसम् ॥

उ॒च्छन्त्यां॑ मे यज॒ता दे॒वक्ष॑त्रे॒ रुश॑द्गवि । सु॒तं सोमं॒ न ह॒स्तिभि॒रा प॒ड्भिर्धा॑वतं नरा॒ बिभ्र॑तावर्च॒नान॑सम् ॥

ucchántyāṃ me yajatā́ deva-kṣátre rúśad-gavi | sutáṃ sómaṃ ná hastíbhir ā́ paṭ́bhir dhā́vataṃ narā bibhrátāv arcanā́nasam ||

At the rising of my offering-flame, O adorable ones with divine sovereignty and shining herds of light, run here on swift courses, as if with powerful hands, to the pressed Soma; O two heroic Powers, bearing the delight of the chant.

उ॒च्छन्त्या॑म् । मे॒ । य॒ज॒ता । दे॒वऽक्ष॑त्रे । रुश॑त्ऽगवि । सु॒तम् । सोम॑म् । न । ह॒स्तिऽभिः॑ । आ । प॒ट्ऽभिः । धा॒व॒त॒म् । न॒रा॒ । बिभ्र॑तौ । अ॒र्च॒नान॑सम् ॥उच्छन्त्याम् । मे । यजता । देवक्षत्रे । रुशत्गवि । सुतम् । सोमम् । न । हस्तिभिः । आ । पट्भिः । धावतम् । नरा । बिभ्रतौ । अर्चनानसम् ॥ucchantyām | me | yajatā | deva-kṣatre | ruśat-gavi | sutam | somam | na | hasti-bhi ḥ | ā | paṭ-bhiḥ | dhāvatam | narā | bibhratau | arcanānasam

उच्छन्त्याम्at (her) rising / when (she) rises
उच्छन्त्याम्:
अधिकारण (time/condition: ‘at the rising’)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootउद्-√शि (शय्/शि ‘to lie; to rise’ > उच्छन्ती ‘rising, shining’) [present participle stem उच्छन्ती-]
मेof me / my
मे:
सम्बन्ध (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
यजताworthy of worship, venerable
यजता:
विशेषण (qualifier of the addressed/mentioned entity)
TypeAdjective
Rootयजत- (< √यज् ‘to worship, sacrifice’)
देवक्षत्रेin/within divine sovereignty (divine rule)
देवक्षत्रे:
अधिकारण (sphere/domain)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-क्षत्र- (tatpuruṣa: ‘divine dominion/power’)
रुशद्गविO one with shining cows
रुशद्गवि:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootरुशद्-गवि (bahuvrīhi/karmadhāraya: ‘having bright/whitish cows’; रुशद् < √रुश्/रुच् ‘to shine, be bright’ + गो-)
सुतम्pressed
सुतम्:
कर्म (object)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootसुत- (< √सु ‘to press (Soma)’)
सोमम्Soma
सोमम्:
कर्म (object; apposition to सुतम्)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम-
like, as
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
हस्तिभिःwith elephants
हस्तिभिः:
करण (means/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootहस्तिन्-
towards, hither
:
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / particle
Root
पड्भिःwith feet / by steps
पड्भिः:
करण (means: ‘with feet/steps’)
TypeNoun
Rootपद्- (stem pad- ‘foot’)
धावतम्run (you two)! / rush!
धावतम्:
क्रिया (injunction to the addressees)
TypeVerb
Root√धाव् ‘to run, rush’
नराO two men (heroes)
नरा:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun
Rootनर-
बिभ्रतौbearing, carrying (you two)
बिभ्रतौ:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (qualifier of the addressed dual)
TypeParticiple
Root√भृ ‘to bear, carry’
अर्चनानसम्(him/it) having a mouth of praise / praise-faced (i.e., accompanied by hymns)
अर्चनानसम्:
कर्म (object carried/borne; or appositional object)
TypeNoun/Adjective (compound epithet)
Rootअर्चनानस- (compound; likely ‘praise/chant + mouth/face’: अर्चना- ‘praise’ + आनस्/आनन- ‘mouth/face’; used as an epithet)