Rig Veda 7.66.3: Mandala 7, Sukta 66, Mantra 3

Sukta 7.66

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa

Chandas: Short meter (requires audit)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ता नः स्तिपा तनूपा वरुण जरितॄणाम् । मित्र साधयतं धियः ॥

Transliteration

tā́ naḥ stipā́ tanūpā́ váruṇa jaritṝṇā́m | mítra sā́dhayataṃ dhíyaḥ ||

Translation

You two, guardians of our steps and guardians of our being—O Varuṇa, of the singers; O Mitra, accomplish and set right our thoughts.

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Word by Word

• ता: those (f.)
• ता: कर्म (प्राप्तव्य-वस्तु)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (हित/लाभ-सम्बन्धः) अथवा षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• स्तिपा: O Stipā (steadfast protector)
• स्तिपा: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: स्तिपा (prātipadika; Varuṇa-epithet, ‘firm-protector/steadfast guardian’)

• तनूपा: O Tanūpā (protector of our person)
• तनूपा: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: तनूपा (prātipadika; ‘protector of the body/person’)

• वरुण: O Varuṇa
• वरुण: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: वरुण (prātipadika)

• जरितॄणाम्: of the praisers
• जरितॄणाम्: षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः (सम्बन्ध/अधिकारः)
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: जरितृ (kṛdanta-prātipadika; √जृ/जर् ‘to praise’ → ‘praiser’)

• मित्र: O Mitra
• मित्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: मित्र (prātipadika)

• साधयतम्: accomplish (you two), make succeed
• साधयतम्: क्रिया (आज्ञा/प्रार्थना)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √साध् (to accomplish, make succeed)

• धियः: the prayers / thoughts
• धियः: कर्म (साध्य-वस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धि (prātipadika; ‘thought, prayer, insight’)