Rig Veda 7.60.6: Mandala 7, Sukta 60, Mantra 6

Sukta 7.60

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha Maitrāvaruṇi) (traditional ascription for Maṇḍala 7)

Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इमे मित्रो वरुणो दूळभासोऽचेतसं चिच्चितयन्ति दक्षैः । अपि क्रतुं सुचेतसं वतन्तस्तिरश्चिदंहः सुपथा नयन्ति ॥

Transliteration

imé mitró váruṇo dūḷábhāso ’cetásaṃ cic citayanti dákṣaiḥ | ápi krátum sucétasaṃ vátantas tiráś cid áṃhaḥ supáthā nayanti ||

Translation

These Mitra and Varuṇa, hard to assail, awaken even the unperceiving being by their powers of right-discrimination; shaping in us a will that is luminous in consciousness, they lead us by the good path beyond even the crookedness of sin and inner distress.

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Word by Word

• इमे: these
• इमे: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (Demonstrative)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मित्रः: Mitra
• मित्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (Proper/Deity)
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (Proper/Deity)
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• दूळभासः: hard-to-deceive / not easily deluded
• दूळभासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूळभ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दुर्लभ’ इत्यर्थे वैदिकरूपम्)

• अचेतसम्: the unthinking / the unperceiving
• अचेतसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Particle)
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• चितयन्ति: they make perceive / they awaken
• चितयन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: चित् (धातु; ‘चेतयति/चितयति’ = बोधयति)

• दक्षैः: by (their) powers/skills
• दक्षैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also; moreover
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Particle/Preverb)
• Root: अपि (निपात)

• क्रतुम्: resolve; will; insight
• क्रतुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुचेतसम्: well-guided / of good understanding
• सुचेतसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वतन्तः: moving; proceeding
• वतन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (Participle)
• Root: वृत्/वर्त् (धातु; ‘वर्तते/वतते’ = वर्तते, प्रवर्तते)

• तिरः: across; beyond
• तिरः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तिरस् (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Particle)
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• अंहः: distress; sin; narrowness
• अंहः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुपथा: by a good path; on a good way
• सुपथा: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially) / Instrumental noun-form
• Root: सु-पथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• नयन्ति: they lead
• नयन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)