Rig Veda 7.62.5: Mandala 7, Sukta 62, Mantra 5

Sukta 7.62

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र बाहवा सिसृतं जीवसे न आ नो गव्यूतिमुक्षतं घृतेन । आ नो जने श्रवयतं युवाना श्रुतं मे मित्रावरुणा हवेमा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.62.5

Transliteration

prá bā́havā sisṛtaṃ jīváse na ā́ no gavyū́tim ukṣataṃ ghṛténa | ā́ no jáne śravayataṃ yuvānā śrutáṃ me mitrāvaruṇā havé mā ||

Translation

Прострите вперёд ваши руки ради нашей жизни; излейте на нас путь стад светозарных, с очищенным богатством (гхритой). Дайте нашему имени прозвучать среди людей, о юные силы; услышьте мой зов, о Митра и Варуна, в самом воззвании.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• बाहवा: (you two) arms (i.e., the two gods as protectors)
• बाहवा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (prātipadika)

• सिसृतम्: stretch out, extend
• सिसृतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृ (धातु) < reduplicated perfect/imperative stem सि-सृ

• जीवसे: for (our) living, for life
• जीवसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव (prātipadika from √जीव)

• नः: to/for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• गव्यूतिम्: cattle-pasture; path/track of cows (pasturage)
• गव्यूतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गव्यूति (prātipadika)

• उक्षतम्: sprinkle, anoint
• उक्षतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वक्ष्/उक्ष् (धातु; Vedic: ‘to sprinkle, anoint, moisten’)

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (prātipadika)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• जने: among the people
• जने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (prātipadika)

• श्रवयतम्: make (us) heard; proclaim
• श्रवयतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) causative stem श्रावय/श्रवय

• युवाना: you two young ones
• युवाना: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: युवन् (prātipadika)

• श्रुतम्: heard (fame/renown); what is heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → past passive participle श्रुत

• मे: my
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• मित्रावरुणा: O Mitra and Varuṇa
• मित्रावरुणा: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: मित्र-वरुण (dvandva prātipadika)

• हवेम: we invoke, we call upon
• हवेम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वे (धातु)

• आ: hither, to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)