Rig Veda 3.59.8: Mandala 3, Sukta 59, Mantra 8
Sukta 3.59
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional)
Devata: Mitra
Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मित्राय पञ्च येमिरे जना अभिष्टिशवसे । स देवान्विश्वान्बिभर्ति ॥
Transliteration
mitrā́ya páñca yemire jánā abhiṣṭí-śavase | sá devā́n víśvān bibharti ||
Translation
मित्राय पञ्च जना अभिष्टिशवसे येमिरे; स ऋतैक्ये सर्वान् देवान् बिभर्ति धारयति।
Word by Word
मित्रायto/for Mitra
मित्राय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
कर्तृ (कर्तृसमूहस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (Numeral)
Rootपञ्चन् (संख्याशब्द)
येमिरेthey have restrained/controlled (themselves); they have held fast
येमिरे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (धातु; ‘यच्छति/नियच्छति’)
जनाःpeople; men
जनाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिष्टिशवसेto the one whose strength is help/protection (i.e., to the help-strong one)
अभिष्टिशवसे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootअभिष्टि-शवस् (समास; अभिष्टि ‘सहाय/रक्षा’ + शवस् ‘बल’)
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
देवान्the gods
देवान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वान्all
विश्वान्:
कर्म (कर्मविशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
बिभर्तिbears; supports; upholds
बिभर्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootभृ (धातु; ‘धारणे’)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
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