Rig Veda 5.82.1: Mandala 5, Sukta 82, Mantra 1
Sukta 5.82
Devata: Savitṛ (with Bhaga invoked as his power of felicity/distribution)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तत्सवितुर्वृणीमहे वयं देवस्य भोजनम् । श्रेष्ठं सर्वधातमं तुरं भगस्य धीमहि ॥
Transliteration
tát savitúrvṛṇīmahe vayáṃ devásya bhójanam | śréṣṭhaṃ sarvadhā́tamaṃ túraṃ bhágasya dhīmahi ||
Translation
Cela, de Savitar, du dieu, nous le choisissons pour nous: sa part nourrissante à savourer. Le meilleur, le soutien de tout, le rapide — la plénitude de Bhaga — vers cela nous portons la pensée.
Word by Word
तत्that (it)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सवितुःof Savitṛ (the Impeller)
सवितुः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक) < √सू/सुव् ‘to impel, vivify’
वृणीमहेwe choose / we seek
वृणीमहे:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणीते) ‘to choose, seek’
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवस्यof the god
देवस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) < √दिव् ‘to shine’
भोजनम्nourishment; bounty; enjoyment
भोजनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभोजन (प्रातिपदिक) < √भुज् ‘to enjoy, partake’
श्रेष्ठम्best, most excellent
श्रेष्ठम्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) < √श्रि/श्रय् (श्रेष्ठ ‘most excellent’)
सर्वधातमम्most all-sustaining / containing all supports
सर्वधातमम्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वधातम (प्रातिपदिक) = सर्व + धातम (superlative; ‘containing/holding all’)
तुरम्swift; strong; vigorous
तुरम्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootतुर (प्रातिपदिक) < √तुर्/त्वर् ‘to hasten, be swift/strong’
भगस्यof Bhaga (the Dispenser of fortune)
भगस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootभग (प्रातिपदिक) < √भज् ‘to apportion, grant’
धीमहिwe set (our thought); we meditate
धीमहि:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धीमहि < धा/धी ‘to place, set; to meditate/think’ — Vedic usage)
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