Rig Veda 3.62.16: Mandala 3, Sukta 62, Mantra 16
Sukta 3.62
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ नो मित्रावरुणा घृतैर्गव्यूतिमुक्षतम् । मध्वा रजांसि सुक्रतू ॥
Transliteration
ā́ no mitrā́varuṇā ghṛtáiḥ gavyū́tim ukṣatam | mádhvā rajā́ṃsi sukratū ||
Translation
ഹേ മിത്ര-വരുണന്മാരേ! ഘൃതത്തിന്റെ ദീപ്തിയോടെ ഞങ്ങളിലേക്കു വരുവിൻ; ഗവ്യൂതി—കിരണങ്ങളിലേക്കു നയിക്കുന്ന പഥം—ഞങ്ങൾക്കായി തുറന്നുതരുവിൻ. ഹേ സുകൃതൂ, മധുരമായ മധുവാൽ രജാംസി—അന്തരിക്ഷവ്യാപ്തികൾ—നിറയ്ക്കുവിൻ.
Word by Word
आhither, towards (preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
नःof us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us) [semantic]
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronoun stem)
मित्रावरुणाMitra and Varuṇa
मित्रावरुणा:
Kartā (subject)
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootमित्र + वरुण (compound)
घृतैःwith ghee, with clarified butter
घृतैः:
Karaṇa (instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootघृत (prātipadika)
गव्यूतिम्the cattle-track; pasture-path / course
गव्यूतिम्:
Karma (object)
TypeNoun
Rootगव्यूति (prātipadika)
उक्षतम्sprinkle/anoint (you two); make (it) flow/strengthen
उक्षतम्:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootवक्ष्/उक्ष् (धातु; Vedic: उक्ष् ‘to sprinkle, anoint; to make flow/strengthen’)
मध्वाwith honey/sweetness (with mead)
मध्वा:
Karaṇa (instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (prātipadika)
रजांसिthe regions/spaces; realms
रजांसि:
Karma (object)
TypeNoun
Rootरजस् (prātipadika)
सुक्रतूyou two of good resolve/power (good in action)
सुक्रतू:
Kartā (apposition to subject)
TypeAdjective (epithet of the dual deities)
Rootसु- + क्रतु (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/epithet)
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