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Rig Veda 4.54.6: Mandala 4, Sukta 54, Mantra 6

Sukta 4.54

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional)
Devata: Savitṛ (primary); associated: Indra, Dyāvāpṛthivī, Sindhu, Aditi/Ādityas
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ये ते त्रिरहन्त्सवितः सवासो दिवेदिवे सौभगमासुवन्ति । इन्द्रो द्यावापृथिवी सिन्धुरद्भिरादित्यैर्नो अदितिः शर्म यंसत् ॥

Transliteration

ye te triḥ ahan savitaḥ savāso dive-dive saubhagam āsuvanti | indro dyāvāpṛthivī sindhur adbhir ādityair no aditiḥ śarma yaṃsat ||

Translation

Those impulsions of yours, O Savitṛ, that threefold each day bring forth felicity—may Indra, Heaven-and-Earth, the River with its waters, and Aditi with the Ādityas grant us a sheltering peace.

Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā (सम्बन्ध-कर्तृ; ‘they who…’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेthey
ते:
Kartā (ये…ते = correlative)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्रिःthrice
त्रिः:
Adhikaraṇa (काल/आवृत्ति-निर्देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) / अव्यय
अहन्day (a day)
अहन्:
Adhikaraṇa (काल)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
सवितःO Savitar
सवितः:
Sambodhana (आह्वान)
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
सवासःimpulses, vivifying powers
सवासः:
Kartā (आसु-वन्ति इत्यस्य कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootसवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
दिवे-दिवेday by day
दिवे-दिवे:
Adhikaraṇa (काल; ‘day by day’)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक ‘दिव्’ = day)
सौभगम्good fortune, prosperity
सौभगम्:
Karma (आसु-वन्ति—what they bring forth)
TypeNoun
Rootसौभग (प्रातिपदिक; सु-भग)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
असुवन्तिthey impel/bring forth
असुवन्ति:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√सू (सुवति) + आ- (उपसर्ग)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā (यंसत् इत्यस्य कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यावा-पृथिवीHeaven and Earth
द्यावा-पृथिवी:
Karma (यंसत्—whom/what he grants)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यावापृथिवी (द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक)
सिन्धुःthe River (Sindhu), the stream
सिन्धुः:
Kartā (यंसत् इत्यस्य सहकर्ता/समुच्चित-कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
अद्भिःwith waters
अद्भिः:
Karaṇa (means/with waters)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
आदित्यैःwith the Ādityas
आदित्यैः:
Karaṇa / सह (in company with the Ādityas)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us, our
नः:
Sampradāna-संबन्ध (for us/our)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अदितिःAditi
अदितिः:
Kartā (यंसत् इत्यस्य सहकर्ता/समुच्चित-कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootअदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
शर्मshelter, protection
शर्म:
Karma (what is granted)
TypeNoun
Rootशर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
यंसत्may (he/she) grant
यंसत्:
Kriyā (आशीर्वचन/प्रार्थना: ‘may … grant’)
TypeVerb
Root√यम् (यच्छति/यंसति; Vedic)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
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