Rig Veda 7.64.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 64, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.64

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यो वां गर्तं मनसा तक्षदेतमूर्ध्वां धीतिं कृणवद्धारयच्च । उक्षेथां मित्रावरुणा घृतेन ता राजाना सुक्षितीस्तर्पयेथाम् ॥

Transliteration

yó vāṃ gártaṃ mánasā tákṣad etám ūrdhvā́ṃ dhī́tiṃ kṛṇávad dhā́rayac ca | ukṣéthāṃ mitrāvaruṇā ghṛténa tā́ rājānā sukṣitī́s tarpayethām ||

Translation

Whoever has fashioned for you this seat by the mind, and has made the thought rise upward and held it firm—may you, O Mitra and Varuṇa, sprinkle him with the clarified light; you two kings, satisfy and foster the good habitations (the stable states of the being).

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: of you two / you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गर्तम्: pit, seat, enclosure
• गर्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनसा: with (his) mind
• मनसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तक्षत्: fashioned, constructed
• तक्षत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: तक्ष् (धातु)

• एतम्: this
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊर्ध्वाम्: upright, raised
• ऊर्ध्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• धीतिम्: thought, hymn, insight
• धीतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धीति (प्रातिपदिक) < धा/धी (धातु)

• कृणवत्: made, produced
• कृणवत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• धारयत्: held, supported
• धारयत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)

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

• उक्षेथाम्: you two sprinkle/anoint
• उक्षेथाम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: उक्ष् (धातु)

• मित्रावरुणा: O Mitra and Varuṇa
• मित्रावरुणा: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र-वरुण (समास-प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व)

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• ता: you two (those two)
• ता: Sambodhana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• राजाना: O two kings
• राजाना: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुक्षितीः: good dwellings/settlements
• सुक्षितीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय/उपपद-समास)

• तर्पयेथाम्: you two satisfy, gladden
• तर्पयेथाम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्/तर्प् (धातु)