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

ในกฎแห่งการกระทำของท่าน (วรตะ, vrata) อิกษวากุ (Ikṣvāku) ทอประกายด้วยทรัพย์สมบัติ และเจริญงอกงามด้วยความปีติยินดี; ดุจในสวรรค์ที่ชนทั้งห้ากลุ่มเติบโตด้วยแสงแห่งระเบียบอันสูงยิ่งนั้น.

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• यस्मि: in/for whom
• यस्मि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → यस्-

• इक्ष्वाकुः: Ikṣvāku
• इक्ष्वाकुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: इक्ष्वाकु- (प्रातिपदिक; proper name)

• उप: near; towards; in addition (up to)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• व्रते: in the vow/observance; in the sacred ordinance
• व्रते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत- (प्रातिपदिक)

• रेवान्: wealthy; splendid
• रेवान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रेवत्- (प्रातिपदिक; adj. from रेवत् ‘possessing wealth/splendour’)

• मराय्येधते: prospers; grows strong; thrives
• मराय्येधते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इध् (इन्धे/एधते ‘to prosper, to thrive, to be kindled’) with preverb मरा- (Vedic) + ya-suffix (Vedic formation)

• दिवि: in heaven; in the sky
• दिवि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ-/दिव्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: —
• Type: Numeral
• Root: पञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• कृष्टयः: peoples; communities; cultivated tribes
• कृष्टयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्टि- (प्रातिपदिक)