Rig Veda 8.59.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 59, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.59

Devata: Indra-Varuṇa (dual)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; needs metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अवोचाम महते सौभगाय सत्यं त्वेषाभ्यां महिमानमिन्द्रियम् । अस्मान्त्स्विन्द्रावरुणा घृतश्चुतस्त्रिभिः साप्तेभिरवतं शुभस्पती ॥

Transliteration

ávocāma mahaté sáubhagāya satyáṃ tvéṣābhyāṃ mahimā́nam indriyám | asmā́nt sv indrāvaruṇā ghṛtáścutaḥ tríbhiḥ sāptébhiḥ avataṃ śúbhaspatī ||

Translation

We have spoken the truth for the great felicity: to you two, the impetuous powers, belongs the mighty greatness of effective force. Do you, O Indra and Varuṇa, dripping with clarified light, protect us by the three and by the seven (ordered energies), O lords of luminous bliss.

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Word by Word

• अवोचाम: we two spoke / we two proclaimed
• अवोचाम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (वच् ‘to speak’)

• महते: for the great
• महते: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (adj. ‘great’)

• सौभगाय: for good fortune
• सौभगाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभग (n. ‘good fortune, prosperity’)

• सत्यम्: the truth / truly
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सत्य (adj./n. ‘true, truth’)

• त्वेषाभ्याम्: by/with the two impetuous ones (Indra & Varuṇa)
• त्वेषाभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively for the two deities)
• Root: त्वेष (adj. ‘impetuous, blazing’; here as epithet)

• महिमानम्: majesty, greatness
• महिमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (m. ‘greatness, majesty’)

• इन्द्रियम्: mighty, powerful (Indra-power)
• इन्द्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (qualifying महिमानम्)
• Root: इन्द्रिय (adj./n. ‘Indra-like; power, might’)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun ‘we’)

• स्वित्: indeed / pray / now
• स्वित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वित् (particle)

• इन्द्रावरुणा: O Indra and Varuṇa
• इन्द्रावरुणा: Sampradāna (addressed) / Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: इन्द्र-वरुण (dvandva compound)

• घृतश्चुतः: O you two dripping with ghee
• घृतश्चुतः: Sampradāna (addressed) / Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (epithet of the addressed pair)
• Root: घृत-श्चुत् (bahuvrīhi/karmadhāraya: ‘ghee-dripping’)

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective/Numeral
• Root: त्रि (numeral ‘three’)

• साप्तेभिः: with seven (sevenfold)
• साप्तेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective/Numeral
• Root: साप्त (adj. ‘sevenfold’; from सप्त ‘seven’)

• अवतम्: help (you two)! protect!
• अवतम्: — (finite verb of request)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अव् (अव् ‘to help, protect’)

• शुभस्पती: O two lords of splendor
• शुभस्पती: Sampradāna (addressed) / Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: शुभस्-पति (tatpuruṣa: ‘lord of splendor/beauty’)