Rig Veda 5.68.5: Mandala 5, Sukta 68, Mantra 5
Sukta 5.68
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (as lords of iṣ; imagery extends to rain/waters as their workings)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वृष्टिद्यावा रीत्यापेषस्पती दानुमत्याः । बृहन्तं गर्तमाशाते ॥
Transliteration
vṛṣṭí-dyāvā rītí-āpé iṣás pátī dā́nu-matyāḥ | bṛhántam gártam āśāte ||
Translation
بارش کا آسمان اور بہنے والے پانی، پرورش کے دونوں مالک، فراوانی سے بھرپور، وہ وسیع گہرائی کو حاصل کرتے ہیں، ہم میں ایک عظیم بنیاد کھولتے ہیں جہاں فراوانیاں ٹھہر سکیں۔
Word by Word
वृष्टिrain, rainfall
वृष्टि:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि- (प्रातिपदिक; √वृष् ‘वर्षणे/सिञ्चने’ से भाव/कृदन्त-निर्मित)
द्यावाthe two heavens (Heaven and Earth as a pair in Vedic usage)
द्यावा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootद्याव्/द्यौ- (प्रातिपदिक)
रीत्याby the course/flow; in (their) flowing manner
रीत्या:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootरीति- (प्रातिपदिक; √री ‘गत्यर्थ/प्रवाहे’ से)
अपेaway, off
अपे:
उपपद/दिशा-निर्देश (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-प्रयोग; ‘away, off’)
षस्पतीthe two lords of vegetation/grass
षस्पती:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootषस्पति- (प्रातिपदिक; षस्/षस्प ‘अन्न/घास’ + पति)
दानुमत्याःof Dānumatī (the watery one; a river/waters-figure)
दानुमत्याः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun-epithet
Rootदानुमती- (प्रातिपदिक; दानु- ‘जल/द्रव/दानव-नाम’ + मतुप्)
बृहन्तम्the great, lofty
बृहन्तम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त्- (प्रातिपदिक; √बृह् ‘वर्धने’ से)
गर्तम्pit, hollow, deep place (cavity/channel)
गर्तम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootगर्त- (प्रातिपदिक)
आशातेthey reach/attain; they seek toward
आशाते:
क्रिया (कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध: वृष्टि/द्यावा/षस्पती)
TypeVerb
Root√आश् (आशाते) ‘व्याप्तौ/इच्छायाम्’ (आ- उपसर्ग)
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