Rig Veda 5.64.5: Mandala 5, Sukta 64, Mantra 5
Sukta 5.64
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ नो मित्र सुदीतिभिर्वरुणश्च सधस्थ आ । स्वे क्षये मघोनां सखीनां च वृधसे ॥
Transliteration
ā́ no mitra sudītíbhir váruṇaś ca sadhástha ā́ | své kṣáye maghónāṃ sákhīnām ca vṛ́dhase ||
Translation
आ नः मित्र सुदीतिभिः आगच्छ, वरुणश्च सह, सधस्थे; स्वे क्षये मघोनां सखीनां च वृधसे।
Word by Word
आhither, towards (preverb: ‘to/near’)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
नःof us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronoun stem)
मित्रO Mitra
मित्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (deity name)
Rootमित्र (prātipadika)
सुदीतिभिःwith good insights / with good ordinances
सुदीतिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसु-दीति (prātipadika; su- ‘good’ + dīti ‘thought/insight, ordinance’)
वरुणःVaruṇa
वरुणः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (deity name)
Rootवरुण (prātipadika)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (indeclinable)
सधस्थेin the common seat / in the assembly-place
सधस्थे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसधस्थ (prātipadika; ‘common seat/abode, assembly-place’)
आhither (again; reinforcing ‘come’)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
स्वेin (your/their) own
स्वे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootस्व (prātipadika)
क्षयेin the dwelling / in the home
क्षये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय (prātipadika; ‘dwelling, abode’)
मघोनाम्of the bountiful (patrons)
मघोनाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun/Adjective (substantivized)
Rootमघवन् (prātipadika; ‘bountiful, generous’)
सखीनाम्of (our) friends
सखीनाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (prātipadika; ‘friend’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (indeclinable)
वृधसेgrow / increase / prosper
वृधसे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवृध् (धातु; ‘to grow, increase’)
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