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.
Word by Word
उत्up, forth
उत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (उपसर्ग) / ud
वाम्you two
वाम्:
Karma (with implied verb of praising/raising) / Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
पृक्षासःrefreshing ones; sprinklers (i.e., rays/streams)
पृक्षासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपृक्षा- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sprinkling/refreshing, nourishing’)
मधुमन्तःhoneyed, sweet, full of sweetness
मधुमन्तः:
Kartā (as qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुमन्त् (मधु + मन्त्)
अस्थुराःthey stood/rose up; they were set in place
अस्थुराः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु) + उर्/उरा (Vedic aorist formation)
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य-
अरुहत्he mounted, ascended
अरुहत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootरुह् (धातु)
शुक्रम्the bright (one); brightness; shining (car/chariot)
शुक्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशुक्र-
अर्णःflood, wave, surge (of light)
अर्णः:
Karma (with शुक्रम्) / Viśeṣaṇa-apposition
TypeNoun
Rootअर्ण-
यस्मैto whom
यस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
आदित्याःthe Ādityas
आदित्याः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य-
अध्वनःof the path/road
अध्वनः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वन्-
रदन्तिthey grant, bestow
रदन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootरद् (धातु; ‘to give, grant’ in Vedic usage)
मित्रःMitra
मित्रः:
Kartā (in apposition within the Ādityas)
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र-
अर्यमाAryaman
अर्यमा:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्यमन्-
वरुणःVaruṇa
वरुणः:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण-
सजोषाःin concord, of one accord; together
सजोषाः:
Kartā (as qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसजोषस्/सजोषा- (sa- + जोष ‘delight, concord’)
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