Rig Veda 5.64.3: Mandala 5, Sukta 64, Mantra 3
Sukta 5.64
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Mitra (with Varuṇa in the hymn background; this verse foregrounds Mitra’s path and non-violence)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यन्नूनमश्यां गतिं मित्रस्य यायां पथा । अस्य प्रियस्य शर्मण्यहिंसानस्य सश्चिरे ॥
Transliteration
yán nūnám aśyā́ṃ gátiṃ mitrásya yāyā́ṃ pathā́ | asyá priyásya śármaṇy áhiṃsānasya saścire ||
Translation
いまわれらがミトラ（Mitra）の行路と道に到り、傷つけぬこの愛しき力の庇護のもとに歩まんことを。かくしてわれらが彼の安らぎに伴わんことを。
Word by Word
यत्that; when; so that
यत्:
(connective; no direct kāraka)
TypeIndeclinable/Pronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
नूनम्now; indeed
नूनम्:
(modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम् (avyaya)
अश्याम्may I attain / might I reach
अश्याम्:
Kartā (implicit ‘I/we’)
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (धातु; ‘to reach, attain’)
गतिम्course; path; going; goal
गतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगति (स्त्री; from √गम्)
मित्रस्यof Mitra
मित्रस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitival relation)
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (पुं; prātipadika)
यायाम्may I go
यायाम्:
Kartā (implicit ‘I/we’)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु; ‘to go’)
पथाby the path; along the way
पथा:
Karaṇa (means/way)
TypeNoun
Rootपथ (पुं; prātipadika)
अस्यof this (one)
अस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
प्रियस्यof the dear (beloved)
प्रियस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootप्रिय (adj. prātipadika)
शर्मणिin the shelter; in the protection
शर्मणि:
Adhikaraṇa (locus/state)
TypeNoun
Rootशर्मन् (नपुं; prātipadika)
अहिंसानस्यof the non-injuring; harmless
अहिंसानस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootअहिंसान (adj. prātipadika; a- + हिंसान ‘injuring’)
सश्चिरेthey have accompanied / have followed / have joined
सश्चिरे:
Kartā (implicit plural subject: ‘they’)
TypeVerb
Rootसस्/सच् (धातु; ‘to accompany, follow, attach oneself’)
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