Rig Veda 5.66.1: Mandala 5, Sukta 66, Mantra 1
Sukta 5.66
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa with emphasis on Varuṇa as ṛta-peśas
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ चिकितान सुक्रतू देवौ मर्त रिशादसा । वरुणाय ऋतपेशसे दधीत प्रयसे महे ॥
Transliteration
ā́ cikitāna sukrátū deváu marta riśā́dasā | váruṇāya ṛtápeśase dadhītá práyase mahé ||
Translation
मित्र और वरुण, तुम दोनों बड़े समझदार हो। बुराई को खत्म करने वाले हो। इंसान को समझा दो कि वरुण के लिए भेंट चढ़ा दे। वरुण धरम के काम करता है, बड़ा ताकतवर है।
Word by Word
आhither, towards (preverb: ‘to/near’)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
चिकितान(you) who know / have perceived
चिकितान:
Kartā (implied subject: the addressed deity) / also adjectival epithet
TypeVerb
Root√चित् (cít) ‘to perceive/notice/understand’
सुक्रतूO good-minded/strong-willed one
सुक्रतू:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + क्रतु (prātipadika: ‘good’ + ‘resolve/strength/ritual power’)
देवौthe two gods
देवौ:
Kartā (subject: the two gods)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (prātipadika)
मर्तO mortal
मर्त:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त (prātipadika: ‘mortal’)
रिशादसाharm-destroying (two)
रिशादसा:
Kartā (as epithet of the subject देवौ)
TypeAdjective
Rootरिशा-दस् (prātipadika; ‘harm-injuring/devouring’: रिशा ‘harm’ + दस् ‘to bite/devour’ as possessive compound)
वरुणायfor Varuṇa
वरुणाय:
Sampradāna (recipient/for) / purpose-dative
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण (prātipadika)
ऋतपेशसेto the ṛta-adorned (Varuṇa)
ऋतपेशसे:
Sampradāna (as epithet in dative with वरुणाय)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋत-पेशस् (prātipadika; ‘whose adornment/form is ṛta’: ऋत ‘cosmic order’ + पेशस् ‘form/ornament’)
दधीतmay (he) place/establish
दधीत:
Kriyā (main verb: ‘may he/one place/establish’)
TypeVerb
Root√धा (dhā) ‘to place/put; to establish’
प्रयसेfor refreshment/vigor
प्रयसे:
Sampradāna / purpose-dative (for refreshment/vigor)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रयस् (prātipadika: ‘refreshment, vigor, nourishment, enjoyment’)
महेgreat
महे:
Sampradāna (as qualifier in dative)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (prātipadika: ‘great’)
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