Rig Veda 10.60.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 60, Mantra 4
Sukta 10.60
Rishi: Agastya (traditional)
Devata: Indra (contextual continuity with v.5 explicit Indra)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; needs verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्येक्ष्वाकुरुप व्रते रेवान्मराय्येधते । दिवीव पञ्च कृष्टयः ॥
Transliteration
yásmy ékṣvākúr úpa vraté revā́n marā́yy édhaté | divī́va páñca kṛṣṭáyaḥ ||
Translation
यस्मिन् व्रते कर्मणि इक्ष्वाकुः रेवन् मराय़्येधते; दिवीव पञ्च कृष्टयः परस्य ऋतस्य प्रकाशेन वर्धन्ते।
Word by Word
यस्मिin/for whom
यस्मि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → यस्-
इक्ष्वाकुःIkṣvāku
इक्ष्वाकुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootइक्ष्वाकु- (प्रातिपदिक; proper name)
उपnear; towards; in addition (up to)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
व्रतेin the vow/observance; in the sacred ordinance
व्रते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत- (प्रातिपदिक)
रेवान्wealthy; splendid
रेवान्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootरेवत्- (प्रातिपदिक; adj. from रेवत् ‘possessing wealth/splendour’)
मराय्येधतेprospers; grows strong; thrives
मराय्येधते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√इध् (इन्धे/एधते ‘to prosper, to thrive, to be kindled’) with preverb मरा- (Vedic) + ya-suffix (Vedic formation)
दिविin heaven; in the sky
दिवि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ-/दिव्- (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike; as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
—
TypeNumeral
Rootपञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
कृष्टयःpeoples; communities; cultivated tribes
कृष्टयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्टि- (प्रातिपदिक)
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