Rig Veda 5.72.2 — Mandala 5, Sukta 72, Mantra 2

Sukta 5.72

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) explicitly referenced (atrivat)

Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (dual) (likely continued context of 5.72); guardians of ṛta, harmony and vast law

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

व्रतेन स्थो ध्रुवक्षेमा धर्मणा यातयज्जना । नि बर्हिषि सदतं सोमपीतये ॥

Transliteration

vraténa stho dhruvá-kṣemā dhármaṇā yātayáj-janā | ní barhíṣi sadatā́m sóma-pītaye ||

Translation

汝らは誓戒（vrata）によって堅く立ち、揺るがぬ安寧を確立せよ。支える法（dharma）によって乱す者どもを鎮めよ。聖なる敷草（barhis）に坐し、ソーマ（Soma）を飲むために。

Word by Word

• व्र॒तेन॑: by/with (your) vow, sacred ordinance
• व्र॒तेन॑: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थः: you two stand/are
• स्थः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• ध्रु॒वक्षे॑मा: having firm security; firmly-protecting
• ध्रु॒वक्षे॑मा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुव-क्षेम (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• धर्म॑णा: by/through (cosmic) law, right order
• धर्म॑णा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• यात॒यत्: restraining, keeping in check
• यात॒यत्: Karma
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: यत् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग) → यातयति

• जनाः: people, folk
• जनाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down; in; (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• ब॒र्हिषि॑: on the sacred grass (seat)
• ब॒र्हिषि॑: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सदतम्: sit down, take your seat (you two)
• सदतम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु) → सीदति

• सोम॑पीतये: for Soma-drinking
• सोम॑पीतये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-पीति (समास; प्रातिपदिक)