Rig Veda 6.70.5: Mandala 6, Sukta 70, Mantra 5

Sukta 6.70

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)

Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī

Chandas: Jagatī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मधु नो द्यावापृथिवी मिमिक्षतां मधुश्चुता मधुदुघे मधुव्रते । दधाने यज्ञं द्रविणं च देवता महि श्रवो वाजमस्मे सुवीर्यम् ॥

Transliteration

mádhu no dyā́vāpṛthivī́ mimikṣatāṃ madhuścútā madhudúghe mádhu-vrate | dádhāne yajñáṃ dráviṇaṃ ca devátā mahí śrávo vā́jam asmḗ suvī́ryam ||

Translation

May Heaven and Earth blend for us the sweetness—dripping sweetness, milking sweetness, faithful to the law of sweetness. Upholding the sacrifice and the divine riches, grant to us vast fame, plenitude of force, and a heroic power that grows within.

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Word by Word

• मधु: sweetly; sweetness
• मधु: Karma (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण—‘मधुरम्’)
• Type: Noun (used adverbially)
• Root: मधु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna (हितार्थे/अस्माकम्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)

• द्यावापृथिवी: Heaven-and-Earth (the two)
• द्यावापृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: द्यावापृथिवी- (द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक; द्यौ- + पृथिवी-)

• मिमिक्षताम्: let (the two) mix/moisten; let them pour forth
• मिमिक्षताम्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मिक्ष्/मिक्ष (मिश्रणे/सिञ्चने; Vedic: ‘to mingle, to moisten, to pour’)

• मधुश्चुता: dripping with sweetness
• मधुश्चुता: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: मधु- + √च्युत् (च्युत्/च्यु—‘to drip, to flow’); बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-प्रातिपदिक

• मधुदुघे: milking sweetness; yielding sweet (milk)
• मधुदुघे: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: मधु- + √दुह् (दोहने ‘to milk’); बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-प्रातिपदिक

• मधुव्रते: whose ordinance/order is sweet; of sweet law
• मधुव्रते: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: मधु- + व्रत- (व्रत ‘ordinance, vow, fixed order’)

• दधाने: bearing; holding
• दधाने: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Verb (participial form used adjectivally)
• Root: √धा (धारणे/स्थापने ‘to place, to set’; here middle ‘bearing/holding’)

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice; ritual offering
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्रविणम्: wealth; bounty
• द्रविणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रविण- (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• देवता: divinity; divine power
• देवता: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता- (प्रातिपदिक)

• महि: greatly; mightily
• महि: Karaṇa (रीत्यर्थे—‘महत्त्वेन’)
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial)
• Root: महि (अव्यय/विशेषणप्रयोगः; from महत्- ‘great’)

• श्रवः: fame; glory
• श्रवः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजम्: prize; strength; (victory-)booty
• वाजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मे: for us; among us
• अस्मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)

• सुवीर्यम्: good heroism; excellent manly power
• सुवीर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग) + वीर्य- (प्रातिपदिक)