Rig Veda 2.29.3: Mandala 2, Sukta 29, Mantra 3
Sukta 2.29
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa, Aditi; also Indra-Maruts (collective invocation)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
किमू नु वः कृणवामापरेण किं सनेन वसव आप्येन । यूयं नो मित्रावरुणादिते च स्वस्तिमिन्द्रामरुतो दधात ॥
Transliteration
kím ū́ nu vaḥ kṛṇavāmā́pareṇa kím sánena vasavo ā́pyena | yūyáṃ no mitrā́varuṇā́dite ca svastím indrā́maruto dadhāta ||
Translation
What then shall we do for you by any other means, what by any gain that is merely of the surface? You—Mitra and Varuṇa and Aditi—set for us well-being; and you, Indra with the Maruts, establish it.
Word by Word
किम्what
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ऊँindeed/then
ऊँ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऊँ (निपात)
नुnow/then
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
वःof you / for you
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
कृणवामshall we do/make
कृणवाम:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
अपरेणwith another (means)
अपरेण:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर (प्रातिपदिक)
किम्what
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सनेनby gain/with acquisition
सनेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्राप्ति/लाभ’)
वसवःO Vasus (gods)
वसवः:
Sambodhana (addressed) / Kartā (in sense)
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
आप्येनwith what is fitting/beneficial (to you)
आप्येन:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootआप्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘जल/आपः-सम्बद्ध, प्राप्तव्य/हितकर’)
यूयम्you
यूयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
नःus / for us
नः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
मित्रावरुणO Mitra and Varuṇa
मित्रावरुण:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootमित्र + वरुण (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व)
अदितेO Aditi
अदिते:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootअदिति (देवीनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
स्वस्तिम्well-being, welfare
स्वस्तिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रामरुतःO Indra and Maruts
इन्द्रामरुतः:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (plural deity group)
Rootइन्द्र + मरुत् (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व)
दधातplace/grant
दधात:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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