Rig Veda 7.96.5: Mandala 7, Sukta 96, Mantra 5

Sukta 7.96

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Sarasvat (Sarasvant/Sarasvatī complex)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; short verse)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ये ते सरस्व ऊर्मयो मधुमन्तो घृतश्चुतः । तेभिर्नोऽविता भव ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.96.5

Transliteration

yé te sarasva ū́rmayo mádhumanto ghṛtaścútaḥ | tébhir no ’vitā́ bhava ||

Translation

サラスヴァト（Sarasvat）よ、汝の波は蜜のごとく甘く、澄明なるギーの光を滴らせる。その波によって、われらの守護者、助け手となりたまえ。

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• ये: which (those)
• ये: सम्बन्ध/विशेषण (येषां ते)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ते: they / those
• ते: कर्तृ (भवन्ति/सन्ति—अध्याहृतम्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• सरस्व: O Sarasvat (goddess/river)
• सरस्व: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper/theonym)
• Root: सरस्वत् (प्रātipadika; voc. sg.)

• ऊर्मयः: waves
• ऊर्मयः: कर्तृ (सन्ति—अध्याहृतम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्मि (प्रātipadika)

• मधुमन्तः: honey-sweet, full of sweetness
• मधुमन्तः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमन्त् (प्रātipadika)

• घृतश्चुतः: dripping/flowing with ghee
• घृतश्चुतः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: घृत-च्युत् (कृदन्त-प्रātipadika; √च्यु/च्यव् ‘to drip, flow’)

• तेभिः: with those (waves)
• तेभिः: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• नः: for us / to us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (अस्मभ्यं) / सम्बन्ध (अस्माकम्) — अर्थतः ‘for us’
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अविता: protector, helper
• अविता: कर्तृ (भव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवितृ (प्रātipadika; agent noun from √अव् ‘to protect, help’)

• भव: become / be
• भव: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (to be, become)