Rig Veda 5.43.6 — Mandala 5, Sukta 43, Mantra 6

Sukta 5.43

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) (traditional; verify)

Devata: Agni (as carrier) with Aramati as invoked goddess/faculty

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नो महीमरमतिं सजोषा ग्नां देवीं नमसा रातहव्याम् । मधोर्मदाय बृहतीमृतज्ञामाग्ने वह पथिभिर्देवयानैः ॥

Transliteration

ā́ no mahī́m arámatim sajóṣā gnā́ṃ devī́ṃ námasā rātáhavyām | mádhormádāya bṛhatī́m ṛtajñā́m ā́gne vaha pathíbhiḥ devayā́naiḥ ||

Translation

Bring to us the great Aramati, in harmony— the goddess, the divine Lady, reverently, she who bears the offering. For the ecstasy of honeyed delight, O Agni, carry her by the god-travelling paths—vast, knowing the Truth-Order.

Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• नः: for us; to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• महीम्: the great (lady)
• महीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (स्त्री) / mahī-

• अरमतिम्: Aramati (a goddess/personified devotion/rightness)
• अरमतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरमति (स्त्री) / aramati-

• सजोषाः: in companionship; together; of one accord
• सजोषाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सजोषस् (adj.) / sa-joṣas-

• ग्नाम्: the divine woman; lady
• ग्नाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्ना (स्त्री) / gnā-

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (स्त्री) / devī-

• नमसा: with reverence; by homage
• नमसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (नपुं) / namas-

• रातहव्याम्: whose oblation is given/offered; receiving offered havis
• रातहव्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रात-हव्य (adj.) / rāta-havya-

• मधोः: of sweetness; of soma/honey
• मधोः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (नपुं) / madhu-

• मदाय: for exhilaration; for intoxication/rapture
• मदाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (पुं) / mada-

• बृहतीम्: the lofty; the great
• बृहतीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहती (स्त्री) / bṛhatī-

• ऋतज्ञाम्: knowing ṛta (cosmic order); truth-knowing
• ऋतज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋत-ज्ञ (adj.) / ṛta-jña-

• आग्ने: O Agni
• आग्ने: —
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अग्नि (पुं) / agni-

• वह: carry; convey (hither)
• वह: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु) / vah-

• पथिभिः: by paths; with paths
• पथिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथि (पुं/नपुं) / pathi- (path)

• देवयानैः: by god-going (divine) [paths]; on the ways of the gods
• देवयानैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव-यान (adj./n.) / deva-yāna-