Rig Veda 1.90.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 90, Mantra 6
Sukta 1.90
Devata: Svastí / Ṛta-harmony expressed through natural powers (winds, rivers, herbs)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मधु वाता ऋतायते मधु क्षरन्ति सिन्धवः । माध्वीर्नः सन्त्वोषधीः ॥
Transliteration
mádhu vātā ṛtāyáte mádhu kṣaranti síndhavaḥ | mā́dhvīr naḥ santu óṣadhīḥ ||
Translation
Sweet is the Breath (the winds) moving in the law of Truth; sweet flow the rivers of being. May the healing powers in us become honeyed—filled with delight and harmony.
Word by Word
मधुsweetly; sweet
मधु:
विशेषणभावे (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable (used adverbially)
Rootमधु- (प्रातिपदिक) अव्ययवत्
वाताःwinds
वाताः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवात- (प्रातिपदिक; √वा ‘to blow’)
ऋतायतेgo/move toward ṛta (cosmic order); proceed rightly
ऋतायते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootऋत- (प्रातिपदिक) + √या (याते) ‘to go’
मधुsweetly; sweet
मधु:
विशेषणभावे (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable (used adverbially)
Rootमधु- (प्रातिपदिक) अव्ययवत्
क्षरन्तिflow; drip
क्षरन्ति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√क्षर् (क्षरति) ‘to flow, drip’
सिन्धवःrivers; streams
सिन्धवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु- (प्रातिपदिक)
माध्वीःhoney-sweet; sweet as mead
माध्वीः:
Kartā (with सन्तु)
TypeAdjective
Rootमाध्वी- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘honey-sweet’, from मधु)
नःfor us; our
नः:
Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (for us/our)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
सन्तुlet them be; may they be
सन्तु:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (अस्ति) ‘to be’
ओषधीःplants; healing herbs
ओषधीः:
Kartā (with सन्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)
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