Rig Veda 5.64.7: Mandala 5, Sukta 64, Mantra 7

Sukta 5.64

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)

Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa (as yajatā, deva-kṣatre; also ‘narā’ as heroic pair-epithet)

Chandas: Jagatī or extended Triṣṭubh (this verse is metrically longer/complex; exact chandas should be verified against pada count in a critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उच्छन्त्यां मे यजता देवक्षत्रे रुशद्गवि । सुतं सोमं न हस्तिभिरा पड्भिर्धावतं नरा बिभ्रतावर्चनानसम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.64.7

Transliteration

ucchántyāṃ me yajatā́ deva-kṣátre rúśad-gavi | sutáṃ sómaṃ ná hastíbhir ā́ paṭ́bhir dhā́vataṃ narā bibhrátāv arcanā́nasam ||

Translation

Sa pagsikat ng aking apoy na handog, mga dapat sambahin na may banal na soberanya at maningning na kawan ng liwanag, tumakbo rito sa mabilis na landas, parang may makapangyarihang mga kamay, sa pinigaang Soma; kayong dalawang makabayanihang Puwersa, na nagdadala ng kasiyahan ng pag-awit.

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• उच्छन्त्याम्: at (her) rising / when (she) rises
• उच्छन्त्याम्: अधिकारण (time/condition: ‘at the rising’)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: उद्-√शि (शय्/शि ‘to lie; to rise’ > उच्छन्ती ‘rising, shining’) [present participle stem उच्छन्ती-]

• मे: of me / my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• यजता: worthy of worship, venerable
• यजता: विशेषण (qualifier of the addressed/mentioned entity)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यजत- (< √यज् ‘to worship, sacrifice’)

• देवक्षत्रे: in/within divine sovereignty (divine rule)
• देवक्षत्रे: अधिकारण (sphere/domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-क्षत्र- (tatpuruṣa: ‘divine dominion/power’)

• रुशद्गवि: O one with shining cows
• रुशद्गवि: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: रुशद्-गवि (bahuvrīhi/karmadhāraya: ‘having bright/whitish cows’; रुशद् < √रुश्/रुच् ‘to shine, be bright’ + गो-)

• सुतम्: pressed
• सुतम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सुत- (< √सु ‘to press (Soma)’)

• सोमम्: Soma
• सोमम्: कर्म (object; apposition to सुतम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम-

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हस्तिभिः: with elephants
• हस्तिभिः: करण (means/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिन्-

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / particle
• Root: आ

• पड्भिः: with feet / by steps
• पड्भिः: करण (means: ‘with feet/steps’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्- (stem pad- ‘foot’)

• धावतम्: run (you two)! / rush!
• धावतम्: क्रिया (injunction to the addressees)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धाव् ‘to run, rush’

• नरा: O two men (heroes)
• नरा: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-

• बिभ्रतौ: bearing, carrying (you two)
• बिभ्रतौ: कर्तृ-विशेषण (qualifier of the addressed dual)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √भृ ‘to bear, carry’

• अर्चनानसम्: (him/it) having a mouth of praise / praise-faced (i.e., accompanied by hymns)
• अर्चनानसम्: कर्म (object carried/borne; or appositional object)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: अर्चनानस- (compound; likely ‘praise/chant + mouth/face’: अर्चना- ‘praise’ + आनस्/आनन- ‘mouth/face’; used as an epithet)