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

Come to us, O Mitra, with your bright inspirations, and Varuṇa as well, to the common seat; in your own dwelling may you increase the bounteous and the comrades of the path.

Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards (preverb: ‘to/near’)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun stem)

• मित्र: O Mitra
• मित्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: मित्र (prātipadika)

• सुदीतिभिः: with good insights / with good ordinances
• सुदीतिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-दीति (prātipadika; su- ‘good’ + dīti ‘thought/insight, ordinance’)

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: वरुण (prātipadika)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (indeclinable)

• सधस्थे: in the common seat / in the assembly-place
• सधस्थे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सधस्थ (prātipadika; ‘common seat/abode, assembly-place’)

• आ: hither (again; reinforcing ‘come’)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• स्वे: in (your/their) own
• स्वे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: स्व (prātipadika)

• क्षये: in the dwelling / in the home
• क्षये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (prātipadika; ‘dwelling, abode’)

• मघोनाम्: of the bountiful (patrons)
• मघोनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: मघवन् (prātipadika; ‘bountiful, generous’)

• सखीनाम्: of (our) friends
• सखीनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (prātipadika; ‘friend’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (indeclinable)

• वृधसे: grow / increase / prosper
• वृधसे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु; ‘to grow, increase’)