Rig Veda 5.43.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 43, Mantra 2
Sukta 5.43
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) (traditional; verify)
Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (Heaven and Earth)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī (to be confirmed)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ सुष्टुती नमसा वर्तयध्यै द्यावा वाजाय पृथिवी अमृध्रे । पिता माता मधुवचाः सुहस्ता भरेभरे नो यशसावविष्टाम् ॥
Transliteration
ā́ suṣṭutī́ námasā vartayádhyai dyā́vā vājā́ya pṛthivī́ amṛ́dhre | pitā́ mātā́ mádhuvacāḥ suhástā bháre-bhare no yaśásā́v aviṣṭām ||
Translation
愿善赞以恭敬而发动；天与地啊，为求力量之丰盈，愿其运转不息。父与母，言辞甘美、手艺精巧，愿你们在每一次承载生命之际，以荣耀护佑我们。
Word by Word
आhither; forth (towards)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
सु॑ष्टु॒तीgood praise (hymn of praise)
सु॑ष्टु॒ती:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसु- + स्तुति (स्तु √स्तु ‘to praise’)
नम॑साwith reverence; with homage
नम॑सा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्
वर्त॒यध्यै॒turn/bring forth; set in motion (you should)
वर्त॒यध्यै॒:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वृत्/वर्त् (वर्तयति, caus.)
द्यावाthe two heavens (Heaven-and-)
द्यावा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्याव् (द्यौः)
वाजा॑यfor strength/prize; for victory
वाजा॑य:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootवाज
पृथि॒वीEarth
पृथि॒वी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी
अमृ॑ध्रेunharming; uninjured; unopposed
अमृ॑ध्रे:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootअ- + मृध्र (√मृध् ‘to harm/oppose’)
पि॒ताFather
पि॒ता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
मा॒ताMother
मा॒ता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ
मधु॑वचाःsweet-speaking
मधु॑वचाः:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootमधु- + वचस्
सु॒हस्ता॒good-handed; kindly-handed
सु॒हस्ता॒:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + हस्त
भरे॑भरेin every bearing/contest; again and again
भरे॑भरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (indeclinable repetition)
Rootभर
नःof us; our
नः:
—
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
य॒शसा॑with glory; with fame
य॒शसा॑:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootयशस्
अवविष्टाम्let the two favor/bestow upon (us)
अवविष्टाम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअव- + √विष्/वेष् (विष्टि ‘to settle/enter’; here: ‘to bestow/bring down’ in Vedic usage)
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