Rig Veda 7.60.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 60, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.60

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (with Ādityas and Sūrya)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उद्वां पृक्षासो मधुमन्तो अस्थुरा सूर्यो अरुहच्छुक्रमर्णः । यस्मा आदित्या अध्वनो रदन्ति मित्रो अर्यमा वरुणः सजोषाः ॥

Transliteration

úd vāṃ pṛkṣā́so mádhumanto asthur ā́ sū́ryo aruhac chukrám árṇaḥ | yásmā ādityā́ ádhvano rádanti mitró aryamā́ váruṇaḥ sajóṣāḥ ||

Translation

Up for you the honeyed draughts have been set; the Sun has mounted the bright flood. For him the Ādityas—Mitra, Aryaman, Varuṇa—in one accord, prepare the path of the journey.

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Word by Word

• उत्: up, forth
• उत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (उपसर्ग) / ud

• वाम्: you two
• वाम्: Karma (with implied verb of praising/raising) / Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• पृक्षासः: refreshing ones; sprinklers (i.e., rays/streams)
• पृक्षासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृक्षा- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sprinkling/refreshing, nourishing’)

• मधुमन्तः: honeyed, sweet, full of sweetness
• मधुमन्तः: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमन्त् (मधु + मन्त्)

• अस्थुराः: they stood/rose up; they were set in place
• अस्थुराः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + उर्/उरा (Vedic aorist formation)

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य-

• अरुहत्: he mounted, ascended
• अरुहत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (धातु)

• शुक्रम्: the bright (one); brightness; shining (car/chariot)
• शुक्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शुक्र-

• अर्णः: flood, wave, surge (of light)
• अर्णः: Karma (with शुक्रम्) / Viśeṣaṇa-apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ण-

• यस्मै: to whom
• यस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• आदित्याः: the Ādityas
• आदित्याः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य-

• अध्वनः: of the path/road
• अध्वनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वन्-

• रदन्ति: they grant, bestow
• रदन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रद् (धातु; ‘to give, grant’ in Vedic usage)

• मित्रः: Mitra
• मित्रः: Kartā (in apposition within the Ādityas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र-

• अर्यमा: Aryaman
• अर्यमा: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्यमन्-

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण-

• सजोषाः: in concord, of one accord; together
• सजोषाः: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सजोषस्/सजोषा- (sa- + जोष ‘delight, concord’)