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Rig Veda 5.59.8: Mandala 5, Sukta 59, Mantra 8

Sukta 5.59

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Marutaḥ (with invoked supports: Dyauḥ, Aditi, Uṣas)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मिमातु द्यौरदितिर्वीतये नः सं दानुचित्रा उषसो यतन्ताम् । आचुच्यवुर्दिव्यं कोशमेत ऋषे रुद्रस्य मरुतो गृणानाः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.59.8
Transliteration

mímātu dyáur áditiḥ vītáye naḥ sáṃ dā́nu-citrā uṣásaḥ yatantām | ā́cucyavur divyáṃ kóśam eté ṛ́ṣe rudrásya marúto gṛṇānā́ḥ ||

Translation

Que le Ciel et Aditi nous mesurent notre part pour la jouissance ; que les Aurores aux dons multiples s’efforcent ensemble. Ces Maruts de Rudra, chantés par le ṛṣi, ont délogé et rapproché le trésor divin.

Word by Word
मिमातुlet (her/it) measure out; let (it) mete
मिमातु:
(predicate of subject) Kartā = द्यौः
TypeVerb
Root√मा (माने/मितौ ‘to measure, mete out’)
द्यौःHeaven; the Sky
द्यौः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौस् (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *dyew- ‘sky, heaven’
अदितिःAditi
अदितिः:
Kartā (co-subject with द्यौः) / apposition
TypeNoun
Rootअदिति (प्रातिपदिक) ‘Aditi; boundlessness’
वीतयेfor refreshment/feasting
वीतये:
Sampradāna (purpose/for) / Prayojana-dative
TypeNoun
Rootवीति (प्रातिपदिक) ‘enjoyment, refreshment; feast/banquet; distribution’
नःour; for us
नः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor/beneficiary)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronoun)
सम्together; completely
सम्:
(modifies verb यतन्ताम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (upasarga/avyaya)
दानुचित्राःbright/variegated with (the) waters; Dānu-bright
दानुचित्राः:
Kartā (with उषसः) / qualifier
TypeAdjective (epithet) / Noun-compound
Rootदानु-चित्र (compound: दानु ‘moisture/waters; Dānu’ + चित्र ‘bright, variegated’)
उषसःthe Dawns
उषसः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘Dawn’
यतन्ताम्let them strive/hasten
यतन्ताम्:
(predicate of subject) Kartā = उषसः
TypeVerb
Root√यत् (यतने ‘to strive, exert oneself’)
आचुच्यवुःthey have set in motion; they have stirred/impelled
आचुच्यवुः:
(predicate of subject) Kartā = मरुतः
TypeVerb
Root√च्यु (च्यवने ‘to move, slip, set in motion’) with preverb आ-
दिव्यम्heavenly
दिव्यम्:
Karma (qualifies कोशम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (adj. from दिव्/द्यौ ‘heavenly’)
कोशम्the vessel/receptacle
कोशम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकोश (प्रातिपदिक) ‘pail, vessel; receptacle; treasury’
एतेthese
एते:
Kartā (resumptive: ‘these’)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (demonstrative pronoun)
ऋषेfor the seer
ऋषे:
Sampradāna (to/for) / beneficiary
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘seer’
रुद्रस्यof Rudra
रुद्रस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (of)
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
गृणानाःpraising; singing
गृणानाः:
Kartā (qualifier of मरुतः) / concomitant action
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Root√गॄ/गृ (स्तुतौ ‘to praise, sing’) → present participle middle
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