Rig Veda 7.65.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 65, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.65

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ता हि देवानामसुरा तावर्या ता नः क्षितीः करतमूर्जयन्तीः । अश्याम मित्रावरुणा वयं वां द्यावा च यत्र पीपयन्नहा च ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.65.2

Transliteration

tā́ hí devā́nām ásurā tá̄v aryā́ tā́ naḥ kṣitī́ḥ karatam ūrjáyantīḥ | aśyā́ma mitrāvaruṇā vayáṃ vāṃ dyā́vā ca yátra pī́payan áhā ca ||

Translation

Pues vosotros dos sois las potestades soberanas entre los dioses, vosotros dos los nobles; haced para nosotros moradas que crezcan en energía. Que podamos alcanzaros, oh Mitra y Varuṇa, allí donde el Cielo y los Días nutren y acrecientan.

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Word by Word

• ताः: those (two/these), they
• ताः: Kartā (with करतम्) / Karma (contextual)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• असुराः: lords, mighty ones (Asuras)
• असुराः: Kartā (predicative to ताः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• तौ: those two (Mitra and Varuṇa)
• तौ: Kartā (with करतम्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्या: noble, Aryan
• अर्या: Kartā (apposition to तौ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• ताः: those (things)
• ताः: Karma (of करतम्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna (dative sense: for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षि-तीः: dwellings, abodes; settlements
• क्षि-तीः: Karma (of करतम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)

• करतम्: you two should make
• करतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• ऊर्जयन्तीः: strengthening, invigorating
• ऊर्जयन्तीः: Karma-विशेषण (qualifier of क्षितीः)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: ऊर्जय् (नामधातु/धातु: ऊर्ज् ‘strength’ → caus./denom. ‘to strengthen, invigorate’)

• अश्याम: may we attain
• अश्याम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु) / (Vedic: aorist-injunctive/optative sense ‘to reach, attain’)

• मित्रावरुणा: O Mitra and Varuṇa
• मित्रावरुणा: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: मित्र + वरुण (प्रातिपदिक-द्वन्द्व)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā (of अश्याम)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: you two / of you two
• वाम्: Karma (object: you two) / Sambandha (your)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यावाः: Heaven and Earth (the two skies)
• द्यावाः: Kartā (with implied verb ‘to give/aid’; coordinated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्याव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: where)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• पीपयन्: nourishing, making abound
• पीपयन्: Kartā (of implied action ‘nourishing’)
• Type: Participle
• Root: पि/प्याय् (धातु; reduplicated intensive/causative sense ‘to make swell, make abound, nourish’)

• अहा: the days (day-times)
• अहा: Karma (of पीपयन्) / coordinated object
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च