Rig Veda 7.64.3: Mandala 7, Sukta 64, Mantra 3
Sukta 7.64
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa (as divine noble powers)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मित्रस्तन्नो वरुणो देवो अर्यः प्र साधिष्ठेभिः पथिभिर्नयन्तु । ब्रवद्यथा न आदरिः सुदास इषा मदेम सह देवगोपाः ॥
Transliteration
mitrástán no váruṇo devó aryáḥ prá sādhiṣṭhébhiḥ pathíbhiḥ nayantu | brávad yáthā na ā́d ariḥ sudā́sa iṣā́ madema sahá devágopāḥ ||
Translation
愿密特拉、伐楼那——神圣的阿梨耶之力——以最成就的道路引领我们前行。愿如此宣告，使敌者不得临近我们；愿我们在滋养与增长之力中欢悦，蒙诸神守护。
Word by Word
मित्रःMitra
मित्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that (boon/thing)
तत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
वरुणःVaruṇa
वरुणः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
देवःthe god
देवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्यःAryaman / the noble one
अर्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootअर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
साधिष्ठेभिःwith the best (most effective)
साधिष्ठेभिः:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootसाधिष्ठ (साधु-तमत्/इष्ठ-प्रत्यय, प्रातिपदिक)
पथिभिःwith paths, by ways
पथिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootपथि/पथ (प्रातिपदिक)
नयन्तुlet them lead
नयन्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootनी (धातु)
ब्रवत्let (someone) speak / may he speak
ब्रवत्:
—
TypeVerb (participle-like finite form)
Rootब्रू (धातु)
यथाas, so that
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (निपात)
नःof us
नः:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
आदरिःthe attentive one / the respecter (patron)
आदरिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootआदरि (प्रातिपदिक)
सुदासःSudās
सुदासः:
कर्तृ (apposition)
TypeProper Noun
Rootसुदास (प्रातिपदिक)
इषाwith refreshment/strength (nourishment)
इषा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootइष्/इषा (प्रातिपदिक)
मदेमmay we rejoice / be exhilarated
मदेम:
—
TypeVerb
Rootमद् (धातु)
सहtogether with
सह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (निपात)
देवगोपाःgod-protectors / protected by the gods
देवगोपाः:
कर्तृ (सह-समुच्चय)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootदेव-गोप (समास; गोप ‘protector’)
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Vedic Cosmology
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Chanting Notes
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