Rig Veda 3.59.9: Mandala 3, Sukta 59, Mantra 9

Sukta 3.59

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional)

Devata: Mitra

Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मित्रो देवेष्वायुषु जनाय वृक्तबर्हिषे । इष इष्टव्रता अकः ॥

Transliteration

mitró devéṣv ā́yuṣu jánāya vṛktábarhiṣe | íṣa iṣṭávratā akaḥ ||

Translation

Mitra, entre los dioses, en las corrientes de la vida, obra por el hombre que ha extendido el lecho sagrado (barhis). Él forja los impulsos de la plenitud para quienes han cumplido su ley elegida, su voto (vrata).

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Word by Word

• मित्रः: Mitra (the god Mitra)
• मित्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवेषु: among the gods
• देवेषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुषु: in the lifetimes / in vital powers
• आयुषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जनाय: for the people / for mankind
• जनाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृक्तबर्हिषे: to/for the one whose sacrificial grass is strewn/trimmed (the well-prepared sacrificer/altar)
• वृक्तबर्हिषे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Adjective (used substantively as epithet)
• Root: वृक्त-बर्हिस् (समास; वृक्त < √वृज्/वृञ्ज् ‘to clear, cut away’ + बर्हिस् ‘sacrificial grass’)

• इषः: refreshments / invigorating powers
• इषः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘refreshment, nourishment, strength’)

• इष्टव्रताः: having the desired ordinances / of chosen observance
• इष्टव्रताः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट-व्रत (समास; इष्ट ‘desired/approved’ + व्रत ‘ordinance, vow’)

• अकः: has made / has brought about
• अकः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अक् (धातु; ‘to reach/attain; to make, effect’ — Vedic aorist form)