Rig Veda 6.52.5 — Mandala 6, Sukta 52, Mantra 5

Sukta 6.52

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition

Devata: Sūrya (vision of rising) and Vasu-pati (a functional epithet—lord of plenitudes; can resonate with Agni/Indra as giver)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विश्वदानीं सुमनसः स्याम पश्येम नु सूर्यमुच्चरन्तम् । तथा करद्वसुपतिर्वसूनां देवाँ ओहानोऽवसागमिष्ठः ॥

Transliteration

viśva-dā́nīṃ su-mánasaḥ syāma páśyema nú sū́ryam uccárantam | tathā́ karad vásu-pátir vásūnāṃ devā́n ohā́no’vasā́gamiṣṭhaḥ ||

Translation

ขอให้เรามีจิตใจผ่องใสและเกื้อกูลอยู่ทุกกาล; ขอให้เราได้เห็นสุริยะกำลังขึ้นสูง. ดังนี้ขอวสุปติ (Vasupati) เจ้าแห่งทรัพย์ทั้งหลาย จงบันดาลให้สำเร็จ—ทรงนำเทพทั้งหลายให้มาใกล้ด้วยความอุปถัมภ์—เพื่อให้เราพรั่งพร้อมด้วยความอุดมแท้จริง.

Word by Word

• विश्वदानीम्: always, at all times
• विश्वदानीम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्वदा (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व + दा ‘देने/दान’)

• सुमनसः: of good mind, well-disposed
• सुमनसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमनस् (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + मनस्)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• पश्येम: may we see
• पश्येम: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु; पश्य-)

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: (सम्बन्ध/प्रयोग-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (निपात)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्चरन्तम्: rising, moving upward
• उच्चरन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: उद्-चर् (धातु; चर् ‘गमन/चर्या’)

• तथा: thus, in that way
• तथा: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

• करत्: let (him) do / may (he) make
• करत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• वसुपतिः: Vasupati, lord of wealth (a deity/epithet)
• वसुपतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुपति (प्रातिपदिक; वसु + पति)

• वसूनाम्: of riches, of goods
• वसूनाम्: (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओहानः: bringing, conveying (hither)
• ओहानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: ऊह् (धातु; ‘वह/उह/आहृत्य नयति’), उपसर्ग: आ- (आ-ऊह्)

• अवसा: with help, by protection
• अवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सहायता/रक्षा’)

• अगमिष्ठः: may (he) come/arrive (to us)
• अगमिष्ठः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb (finite, Vedic aorist/benedictive type)
• Root: गम् (धातु) + परि/आगम-भाव; ‘अगमिष्ठ’ (परिप्रयोग: अतिशय-गमन)