Rig Veda 5.49.5: Mandala 5, Sukta 49, Mantra 5
Sukta 5.49
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (traditional attribution for Mandala 5 hymns; specific verse-level r̥ṣi not separately marked here)
Devata: Vasus; Mitra-Varuṇa; with Heaven-and-Earth (Dyāvā-Pṛthivī) as sustaining powers
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable, by verse length and Mandala 5 norm; requires metrical counting for full confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र ये वसुभ्य ईवदा नमो दुर्ये मित्रे वरुणे सूक्तवाचः । अवैत्वभ्वं कृणुता वरीयो दिवस्पृथिव्योरवसा मदेम ॥
Transliteration
prá ye vásubhya ī́vadā námo dúrye mitré váruṇe sūktá-vācaḥ | aváitv ábhvaṁ kṛṇutá várīyo diváḥpṛthivyór avásā madema ||
Translation
善き讃歌の言葉よ、前へ進め。ヴァス（Vasus）に届く敬礼を携え、ミトラとヴァルナ（Mitra, Varuṇa）にも抗しがたい讃辞となれ。広大な妨げよ、沈み去れ。われらのために、より広く、より自由な道を作れ。天と地の養いの力によって、われらが内なる充溢に歓びますように。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
वसुभ्यःto the Vasus
वसुभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (prātipadika)
ईवदाin such a manner; thus
ईवदा:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootईवद् (prātipadika; Vedic)
नमःobeisance, homage
नमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (prātipadika)
दुर्येin the hard (time/place); in difficulty
दुर्ये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्य (prātipadika)
मित्रेin/for Mitra
मित्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (prātipadika)
वरुणेin/for Varuṇa
वरुणे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण (prātipadika)
सूक्तवाचः(we) of well-spoken speech; hymn-speaking
सूक्तवाचः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसूक्त-वाच् (compound prātipadika: सूक्त ‘well-spoken hymn’ + वाच् ‘speech’)
अवैतुlet (it) go down/away; let (it) depart
अवैतु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअव √इ (इण्) ‘to go’ with preverb अव
अभ्वम्harm, evil; monstrous thing
अभ्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअभ्व (prātipadika)
कृणुतmake! do!
कृणुत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करोति) ‘to make, do’
वरीयःwider, better, more spacious (state/path)
वरीयः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवरीयस् (comparative of उरु/वर ‘wide, broad’)
दिवःof heaven
दिवः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (prātipadika)
पृथिव्योःof heaven-and-earth (lit. of the two earths; dyāvāpṛthivī)
पृथिव्योः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (prātipadika)
अवसाwith help, by favor
अवसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (prātipadika)
मदेमmay we rejoice
मदेम:
—
TypeVerb
Root√मद् ‘to be glad, rejoice’
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