Rig Veda 8.59.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 59, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.59
Devata: Indra-Varuṇa (dual)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; needs metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अवोचाम महते सौभगाय सत्यं त्वेषाभ्यां महिमानमिन्द्रियम् । अस्मान्त्स्विन्द्रावरुणा घृतश्चुतस्त्रिभिः साप्तेभिरवतं शुभस्पती ॥
Transliteration
ávocāma mahaté sáubhagāya satyáṃ tvéṣābhyāṃ mahimā́nam indriyám | asmā́nt sv indrāvaruṇā ghṛtáścutaḥ tríbhiḥ sāptébhiḥ avataṃ śúbhaspatī ||
Translation
अवोचाम महते सौभगाय सत्यं त्वेषाभ्यां महिमानमिन्द्रियम् । अस्मान्त्स्विन्द्रावरुणा घृतश्चुतस्त्रिभिः साप्तेभिरवतं शुभस्पती ॥
Word by Word
अवोचामwe two spoke / we two proclaimed
अवोचाम:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (वच् ‘to speak’)
महतेfor the great
महते:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (adj. ‘great’)
सौभगायfor good fortune
सौभगाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootसौभग (n. ‘good fortune, prosperity’)
सत्यम्the truth / truly
सत्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसत्य (adj./n. ‘true, truth’)
त्वेषाभ्याम्by/with the two impetuous ones (Indra & Varuṇa)
त्वेषाभ्याम्:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively for the two deities)
Rootत्वेष (adj. ‘impetuous, blazing’; here as epithet)
महिमानम्majesty, greatness
महिमानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमहिमन् (m. ‘greatness, majesty’)
इन्द्रियम्mighty, powerful (Indra-power)
इन्द्रियम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (qualifying महिमानम्)
Rootइन्द्रिय (adj./n. ‘Indra-like; power, might’)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronoun ‘we’)
स्वित्indeed / pray / now
स्वित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित् (particle)
इन्द्रावरुणाO Indra and Varuṇa
इन्द्रावरुणा:
Sampradāna (addressed) / Sambodhana
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootइन्द्र-वरुण (dvandva compound)
घृतश्चुतःO you two dripping with ghee
घृतश्चुतः:
Sampradāna (addressed) / Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (epithet of the addressed pair)
Rootघृत-श्चुत् (bahuvrīhi/karmadhāraya: ‘ghee-dripping’)
त्रिभिःwith three
त्रिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective/Numeral
Rootत्रि (numeral ‘three’)
साप्तेभिःwith seven (sevenfold)
साप्तेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective/Numeral
Rootसाप्त (adj. ‘sevenfold’; from सप्त ‘seven’)
अवतम्help (you two)! protect!
अवतम्:
— (finite verb of request)
TypeVerb
Root√अव् (अव् ‘to help, protect’)
शुभस्पतीO two lords of splendor
शुभस्पती:
Sampradāna (addressed) / Sambodhana
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशुभस्-पति (tatpuruṣa: ‘lord of splendor/beauty’)
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