Rig Veda 6.52.5: Mandala 6, Sukta 52, Mantra 5

Sukta 6.52

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition

Devata: Sūrya (vision of rising) and Vasu-pati (a functional epithet—lord of plenitudes; can resonate with Agni/Indra as giver)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विश्वदानीं सुमनसः स्याम पश्येम नु सूर्यमुच्चरन्तम् । तथा करद्वसुपतिर्वसूनां देवाँ ओहानोऽवसागमिष्ठः ॥

Transliteration

viśva-dā́nīṃ su-mánasaḥ syāma páśyema nú sū́ryam uccárantam | tathā́ karad vásu-pátir vásūnāṃ devā́n ohā́no’vasā́gamiṣṭhaḥ ||

Translation

May we be at all times of a clear and harmonious mind; may we behold the Sun as he rises. Thus may the Lord of the riches shape it—bringing the Gods near with his help—so that our being is filled with the true plenitudes.

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Word by Word

• विश्वदानीम्: always, at all times
• विश्वदानीम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्वदा (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व + दा ‘देने/दान’)

• सुमनसः: of good mind, well-disposed
• सुमनसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमनस् (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + मनस्)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• पश्येम: may we see
• पश्येम: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु; पश्य-)

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: (सम्बन्ध/प्रयोग-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (निपात)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्चरन्तम्: rising, moving upward
• उच्चरन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: उद्-चर् (धातु; चर् ‘गमन/चर्या’)

• तथा: thus, in that way
• तथा: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

• करत्: let (him) do / may (he) make
• करत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• वसुपतिः: Vasupati, lord of wealth (a deity/epithet)
• वसुपतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुपति (प्रातिपदिक; वसु + पति)

• वसूनाम्: of riches, of goods
• वसूनाम्: (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओहानः: bringing, conveying (hither)
• ओहानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: ऊह् (धातु; ‘वह/उह/आहृत्य नयति’), उपसर्ग: आ- (आ-ऊह्)

• अवसा: with help, by protection
• अवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सहायता/रक्षा’)

• अगमिष्ठः: may (he) come/arrive (to us)
• अगमिष्ठः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb (finite, Vedic aorist/benedictive type)
• Root: गम् (धातु) + परि/आगम-भाव; ‘अगमिष्ठ’ (परिप्रयोग: अतिशय-गमन)