Rig Veda 5.70.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 70, Mantra 2
Sukta 5.70
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Primarily Mitra-Varuṇa; with a vocative transfer ‘rudrā’ as epithet of powerful protectors
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ता वां सम्यगद्रुह्वाणेषमश्याम धायसे । वयं ते रुद्रा स्याम ॥
Transliteration
tā́ vāṃ samyág adruhvāṇéṣam aśyāma dhā́yase | vayáṃ te rudrā syāma ||
Translation
May we, moving in rightness and without betrayal, attain the impulse of your delight-nourishment; may we be, O Rudras, those who belong to you—strong in the uplifted force.
Word by Word
ताःthose (f.)
ताः:
Karma (गन्तव्य/प्राप्य-वस्तु; ‘those [things/ends]’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाम्of/for you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (सम्बन्ध/प्रति; ‘of/for you two’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सम्यक्rightly, properly
सम्यक्:
Adhikaraṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् + अञ्च् (अव्यय-निर्माण; ‘rightly’)
अद्रुह्वाणेषम्non-harming, not hostile
अद्रुह्वाणेषम्:
Karma (विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध; qualifies the sought object/goal)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्रुह् (धातु) → द्रुह्वाण (कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्-प्रकार) + नञ्-अभाव; प्रातिपदिक: अ-द्रुह्वाण
इषम्refreshment, strength, prosperity
इषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइष्/इषा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘refreshment, strength, prosperity’)
अश्यमmay I attain
अश्यम:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (धातु ‘to reach, attain’)
धायसेfor the bestower (giver)
धायसे:
Sampradāna (प्रति/उद्देश्य; ‘for the bestower’)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootधा (धातु ‘to place, bestow, establish’) → धायस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bestower/placer’, Vedic)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you
ते:
Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (सम्बन्ध; ‘of you’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रुद्राःO Rudras
रुद्राः:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
स्यामmay we be
स्याम:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु ‘to be’)
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