Rig Veda 3.62.16

Addressed to: Diverse Gods

Group: Hymns to Various Gods

Text (Devanagari)

3.62.16

आ नो॑ मित्रावरुणा घृ॒तैर्गव्यू॑तिमुक्षतम्

मध्वा॒ रजां॑सि सुक्रतू

Text (Roman)

3.62.16

ā́ no mitrāvaruṇā

ghr̥taír gávyūtim ukṣatam

mádhvā rájāṃsi sukratū

Padapāṭha

3.62.16

invariablelocal particle:LP

from ā́

ā : the second vowel of the alphabet corresponding to the a in far.

ā : ind. a particle of reminiscence, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14]; [Pat.]

ā : also of compassion or pain [more correctly written 1. ās, q.v.], and of assent, [L.] [This particle remains unaltered in orthography even before vowels (which causes it to be sometimes confounded with 1. ās), [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14.]]

ā : m. N. of Śiva, [L.]

ā : grandfather, [L.]

ā : f. N. of Lakṣmī, [L.]

ā : ā́ (as a prefix to verbs, especially of motion, and their derivatives) near, near to, towards (see ā-√ kram &c.; in the Veda, of course, the prefix is separable from the verb; in a few cases, [RV. i, 10, 11] and [v, 64, 5], a verb in the imperative is to be supplied; with roots like gam, yā, and i, ‘to go’, and 1. dā, ‘to give’, it reverses the action; e.g. ā-gacchati, ‘he comes’; ā-datte, ‘he takes’). (As a prep. with a preceding acc.) near to, towards, to, [RV.]

ā : (with a preceding noun in the acc., as jóṣam or váram) for, [RV.]

ā : (with a following acc.) up to … exclusively, [AitBr.]

ā : (with a preceding abl.) from, [RV.]; [AV.]

ā : out of, from among (e.g. bahúbhya ā́, ‘from among many’), [RV.]

ā : towards (only in asmád ā́, ‘towards us’), [RV.]

ā : (with a following abl. cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 13] & [3, 10]) up to, to, as far as, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.

ā : from, [RV. i, 30, 21]

ā : (with a preceding loc.) in, at, on [RV.]; [AV.] (As an adv. after words expressing a number or degree) fully, really, indeed (e.g. trír ā́ divás, ‘quite or fully three times a day’; mahimā́ vām índrāgnī pániṣṭha ā́,, ‘your greatness, O Indra and Agni, is most praiseworthy indeed’, &c.), [RV.]

ā : (after a subst. or adj.) ‘as, like’, (or it simply strengthens the sense of the preceding word), [RV.], (after a verb), [RV. v, 7, 7]; [KenaUp.]

ā : (as a conjunctive particle) moreover, further, and (it is placed either between the two words connected [rarely after the second, [RV. x, 16, 11], or after both, [RV. x, 92, 8]] or, if there are more, after the last [[RV. iv, 57, 1] and [x, 75, 5]]; see also ātaś ca s.v.) In classical Sanskṛt it may denote the limit ‘to’, ‘until’, ‘as far as’, ‘from’, either not including the object named or including it (sometimes with acc. or abl. or forming an adv.) e.g. ā-maraṇam or ā-maraṇāt, ‘till death’, [Pañcat.] (cf. ā-maraṇānta &c.)

ā : ā-gopālā dvijātayaḥ, ‘the twice-born including the cowherds’, [MBh. ii, 531]

ā : ā-samudram or ā-samudrāt, ‘as far as the ocean’ or ‘from the ocean’ (but not including it)

ā : ā-kumāram, ‘from a child’ or ‘from childhood’ or ‘to a child’ (cf. Lat. a puero), [MBh. iii, 1403]

ā : ā-kumāram yaśaḥ pāṇineḥ, ‘the fame of Pāṇini extends even to children’

ā : ā́ ājānu-bāhu mfn. ‘one whose arms reach down to the knees’, [R. i, 1, 12]

ā : ā́ (see also ākarṇa- and ājanma-)

ā : ā́ (cf. ā-jarasám, ā-vyuṣám, ā-saptama, otsūryám.) Prefixed to adj. [rarely to subst.; cf. ā-kopa] it implies diminution, [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 18] Comm. ‘a little’ e.g. ā-piñjara mfn. a little red, reddish, [Ragh. xvi, 51]

ā : ā́ (see also ā-pakva, oṣṇa, &c.) Some commentaries (e.g. Comm. on [Ragh. iii, 8]) occasionally give to in this application the meaning samantāt, ‘all through, completely’, as ā-nīla, ‘blue all round’.

🔎 ā́

Monier-Williams dictionary from Cologne Sanskrit Lexicon

English Translation by Griffith

3.62.16

May Mitra-Varuṇa, sapient Pair, bedew our pasturage with oil, With meath the regions of the air.

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Grammatical analysis

Source index	Surface	Lemma	Information
3.62.16	ā́ ā : the second vowel of the alphabet corresponding to the a in far. ā : ind. a particle of reminiscence, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14]; [Pat.] ā : also of compassion or pain [more correctly written 1. ās, q.v.], and of assent, [L.] [This particle remains unaltered in orthography even before vowels (which causes it to be sometimes confounded with 1. ās), [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14.]] ā : m. N. of Śiva, [L.] ā : grandfather, [L.] ā : f. N. of Lakṣmī, [L.] ā : ā́ (as a prefix to verbs, especially of motion, and their derivatives) near, near to, towards (see ā-√ kram &c.; in the Veda, of course, the prefix is separable from the verb; in a few cases, [RV. i, 10, 11] and [v, 64, 5], a verb in the imperative is to be supplied; with roots like gam, yā, and i, ‘to go’, and 1. dā, ‘to give’, it reverses the action; e.g. ā-gacchati, ‘he comes’; ā-datte, ‘he takes’). (As a prep. with a preceding acc.) near to, towards, to, [RV.] ā : (with a preceding noun in the acc., as jóṣam or váram) for, [RV.] ā : (with a following acc.) up to … exclusively, [AitBr.] ā : (with a preceding abl.) from, [RV.]; [AV.] ā : out of, from among (e.g. bahúbhya ā́, ‘from among many’), [RV.] ā : towards (only in asmád ā́, ‘towards us’), [RV.] ā : (with a following abl. cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 13] & [3, 10]) up to, to, as far as, [RV.]; [AV.] &c. ā : from, [RV. i, 30, 21] ā : (with a preceding loc.) in, at, on [RV.]; [AV.] (As an adv. after words expressing a number or degree) fully, really, indeed (e.g. trír ā́ divás, ‘quite or fully three times a day’; mahimā́ vām índrāgnī pániṣṭha ā́,, ‘your greatness, O Indra and Agni, is most praiseworthy indeed’, &c.), [RV.] ā : (after a subst. or adj.) ‘as, like’, (or it simply strengthens the sense of the preceding word), [RV.], (after a verb), [RV. v, 7, 7]; [KenaUp.] ā : (as a conjunctive particle) moreover, further, and (it is placed either between the two words connected [rarely after the second, [RV. x, 16, 11], or after both, [RV. x, 92, 8]] or, if there are more, after the last [[RV. iv, 57, 1] and [x, 75, 5]]; see also ātaś ca s.v.) In classical Sanskṛt it may denote the limit ‘to’, ‘until’, ‘as far as’, ‘from’, either not including the object named or including it (sometimes with acc. or abl. or forming an adv.) e.g. ā-maraṇam or ā-maraṇāt, ‘till death’, [Pañcat.] (cf. ā-maraṇānta &c.) ā : ā-gopālā dvijātayaḥ, ‘the twice-born including the cowherds’, [MBh. ii, 531] ā : ā-samudram or ā-samudrāt, ‘as far as the ocean’ or ‘from the ocean’ (but not including it) ā : ā-kumāram, ‘from a child’ or ‘from childhood’ or ‘to a child’ (cf. Lat. a puero), [MBh. iii, 1403] ā : ā-kumāram yaśaḥ pāṇineḥ, ‘the fame of Pāṇini extends even to children’ ā : ā́ ājānu-bāhu mfn. ‘one whose arms reach down to the knees’, [R. i, 1, 12] ā : ā́ (see also ākarṇa- and ājanma-) ā : ā́ (cf. ā-jarasám, ā-vyuṣám, ā-saptama, otsūryám.) Prefixed to adj. [rarely to subst.; cf. ā-kopa] it implies diminution, [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 18] Comm. ‘a little’ e.g. ā-piñjara mfn. a little red, reddish, [Ragh. xvi, 51] ā : ā́ (see also ā-pakva, oṣṇa, &c.) Some commentaries (e.g. Comm. on [Ragh. iii, 8]) occasionally give to in this application the meaning samantāt, ‘all through, completely’, as ā-nīla, ‘blue all round’. 🔎 ā́	ā́ ā : the second vowel of the alphabet corresponding to the a in far. ā : ind. a particle of reminiscence, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14]; [Pat.] ā : also of compassion or pain [more correctly written 1. ās, q.v.], and of assent, [L.] [This particle remains unaltered in orthography even before vowels (which causes it to be sometimes confounded with 1. ās), [Pāṇ. i, 1, 14.]] ā : m. N. of Śiva, [L.] ā : grandfather, [L.] ā : f. N. of Lakṣmī, [L.] ā : ā́ (as a prefix to verbs, especially of motion, and their derivatives) near, near to, towards (see ā-√ kram &c.; in the Veda, of course, the prefix is separable from the verb; in a few cases, [RV. i, 10, 11] and [v, 64, 5], a verb in the imperative is to be supplied; with roots like gam, yā, and i, ‘to go’, and 1. dā, ‘to give’, it reverses the action; e.g. ā-gacchati, ‘he comes’; ā-datte, ‘he takes’). (As a prep. with a preceding acc.) near to, towards, to, [RV.] ā : (with a preceding noun in the acc., as jóṣam or váram) for, [RV.] ā : (with a following acc.) up to … exclusively, [AitBr.] ā : (with a preceding abl.) from, [RV.]; [AV.] ā : out of, from among (e.g. bahúbhya ā́, ‘from among many’), [RV.] ā : towards (only in asmád ā́, ‘towards us’), [RV.] ā : (with a following abl. cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 1, 13] & [3, 10]) up to, to, as far as, [RV.]; [AV.] &c. ā : from, [RV. i, 30, 21] ā : (with a preceding loc.) in, at, on [RV.]; [AV.] (As an adv. after words expressing a number or degree) fully, really, indeed (e.g. trír ā́ divás, ‘quite or fully three times a day’; mahimā́ vām índrāgnī pániṣṭha ā́,, ‘your greatness, O Indra and Agni, is most praiseworthy indeed’, &c.), [RV.] ā : (after a subst. or adj.) ‘as, like’, (or it simply strengthens the sense of the preceding word), [RV.], (after a verb), [RV. v, 7, 7]; [KenaUp.] ā : (as a conjunctive particle) moreover, further, and (it is placed either between the two words connected [rarely after the second, [RV. x, 16, 11], or after both, [RV. x, 92, 8]] or, if there are more, after the last [[RV. iv, 57, 1] and [x, 75, 5]]; see also ātaś ca s.v.) In classical Sanskṛt it may denote the limit ‘to’, ‘until’, ‘as far as’, ‘from’, either not including the object named or including it (sometimes with acc. or abl. or forming an adv.) e.g. ā-maraṇam or ā-maraṇāt, ‘till death’, [Pañcat.] (cf. ā-maraṇānta &c.) ā : ā-gopālā dvijātayaḥ, ‘the twice-born including the cowherds’, [MBh. ii, 531] ā : ā-samudram or ā-samudrāt, ‘as far as the ocean’ or ‘from the ocean’ (but not including it) ā : ā-kumāram, ‘from a child’ or ‘from childhood’ or ‘to a child’ (cf. Lat. a puero), [MBh. iii, 1403] ā : ā-kumāram yaśaḥ pāṇineḥ, ‘the fame of Pāṇini extends even to children’ ā : ā́ ājānu-bāhu mfn. ‘one whose arms reach down to the knees’, [R. i, 1, 12] ā : ā́ (see also ākarṇa- and ājanma-) ā : ā́ (cf. ā-jarasám, ā-vyuṣám, ā-saptama, otsūryám.) Prefixed to adj. [rarely to subst.; cf. ā-kopa] it implies diminution, [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 18] Comm. ‘a little’ e.g. ā-piñjara mfn. a little red, reddish, [Ragh. xvi, 51] ā : ā́ (see also ā-pakva, oṣṇa, &c.) Some commentaries (e.g. Comm. on [Ragh. iii, 8]) occasionally give to in this application the meaning samantāt, ‘all through, completely’, as ā-nīla, ‘blue all round’. 🔎 ā́	invariablelocal particle:LP
3.62.16	naḥ 🔎 naḥ	ahám aham : ahám nom. sg., ‘I’, [RV.] &c. aham : = ahaṃkaraṇa, q.v., (hence declinable gen. ahamas, &c.), [BhP.] aham : [Zd. azem; Gk. ἐγώ; Goth. ik; Mod. Germ. ich; Lith. asz; Slav. az]. 🔎 ahám	pronounPLGEN
3.62.16	mitrāvaruṇā 🔎 mitrāvaruṇā	mitrā́váruṇa- mitrāvaruṇa : mitrā́-váruṇa m. du. Mitra and Varuṇa, [RV.] &c. &c. (together they uphold and rule the earth and sky, together they guard the world, together they promote religious rites, avenge sin, and are the lords of truth and light, cf. under 1. mitrá above ; °ṇayor ayanam and °ṇayor iṣṭiḥ N. of partic. sacrifices; °ṇayoḥ saṃyojanam N. of a Sāman), [RV.]; [VS.]; [Br.] &c. (sg., w.r. for maitrāvaruṇa, [Hariv.]) 🔎 mitrā́váruṇa-	nominal stemDUMVOC
3.62.16	ghr̥taíḥ 🔎 ghr̥taíḥ	ghr̥tá- ghṛta : ghṛtá mfn. sprinkled, [L.] ghṛta : ghṛtá n. (g. ardharcādi) ghee i.e. clarified butter or butter which has been boiled gently and allowed to cool (it is used for culinary and religious purposes and is highly esteemed by the Hindūs), fat (as an emblem of fertility), fluid grease, cream, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.] &c. ghṛta : (= udaka) fertilizing rain (considered as the fat which drops from heaven), water, [Naigh. i, 12]; [Nir. vii, 24] ghṛta : ghṛtá m. N. of a son of Dharma (grandson of Anu and father of Duduha), [Hariv. 1840] ghṛta : mfn. ([Pāṇ. vi, 4, 37], [Kāś.]) illumined, [L.] ghṛta : ghṛtá See √ 1. and √ 2. ghṛ. 🔎 ghr̥tá-	nominal stemPLNINS
3.62.16	gávyūtim 🔎 gávyūtim	gávyūti- gavyūti : gáv—yūti (gáv-), f. ([Pāṇ. vi, 1, 79], Vārtt. 2 f.) a pasture, piece of pasture land, district, place of residence, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS. ii] (cf. a-, urú-, dūré-, paro-, svastí-) gavyūti : a measure of length (= 4000 Daṇḍas or 2 Krośas), [TāṇḍyaBr. xvi, 13, 12]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]; [Rājat.] gavyūti : (accord. to some, ‘road for the cows’; ‘any road or way’; ‘a herd of cattle’). gavyūti : gáv-yūti See [ib.] 🔎 gávyūti-	nominal stemSGFACC
3.62.16	ukṣatam 🔎 ukṣatam	√ukṣ- ukṣ : cl. 1. P. Ā. ukṣáti, ukṣáte (p. úkṣat, [RV. i, 114, 7], and ukṣamāṇa, [AV. iii, 12, 1]; [RV. iv, 42, 4] &c.; ukṣāṃ-cakāra [[Bhaṭṭ.]; for vavákṣa &c. See √ vakṣ]; aúkṣat and aúkṣīt, ukṣitum) to sprinkle, moisten, wet, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; to sprinkle or scatter in small drops; to emit; to throw out, scatter (as sparks), [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; to emit seed (as a bull); to be strong, [RV. i, 114, 7]; [x, 55, 7], &c. : Caus. Ā. ukṣayate, to strengthen, [RV. vi, 17, 4]; ukṣ : [cf. Lith. ūkana: Hib. uisg, uisge, ‘water, a river’; uisgeach, ‘aquatic, watery, fluid, moist, pluvial:’ Gk. ὑγρός, ὑγρότης, ὑγραίνω: Lat. ūveo (for ugveo), ūmor, &c.] ukṣ : mfn. ifc. dropping, pouring See bṛhad-ukṣ ukṣ : becoming strong See sākam-ukṣ. 🔎 √ukṣ-	rootDUPRSACT2IMP
3.62.16	mádhvā 🔎 mádhvā	mádhu- madhu : mádhu mf(U or u or vI)n. (gen. n. Ved. mádhvas, mádhos, or mádhunas; instr. mádhvā; dat. mádhune; loc. mádhau) sweet, delicious, pleasant, charming, delightful, [RV.]; [TS.] madhu : bitter or pungent, [L.] madhu : mádhu m. N. of the first month of the year (= Caitra, March-April), [ŚBr.] &c. &c. madhu : the season of spring, [Var.]; [Kālid.] madhu : Bassia Latifolia, [L.] madhu : Jonesia Asoka, [L.] madhu : liquorice, [L.] madhu : N. of Śiva, [MBh.] madhu : of two Asuras (the one killed by Viṣṇu, the other by Śatru-ghna), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.] madhu : of one of the 7 sages under Manu Cākṣuṣa, [MārkP.] madhu : of a son of the third Manu, [Hariv.] madhu : of various princes (of a son of Vṛṣa, of Deva-kṣatra, of Bindu-mat, of Arjuna Kārtavīrya), [Hariv.]; [Pur.] madhu : of a son of Bhaṭṭa-nārāyaṇa, [Kṣitīś.]; of a teacher (= madhva or ananda-tīrtha), [Col.] madhu : of a mountain, [MārkP.] madhu : (pl.) the race of Madhu (= the Yādavas or Māthuras), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [BhP.] madhu : mádhu (u) f. a partic. plant (= jīvā or jīvantī), [L.] madhu : mádhu n. anything sweet (esp. if liquid), mead &c., [RV.]; [AV.]; [TBr.] madhu : Soma (also somyam madhu), [RV.] madhu : honey (said to possess intoxicating qualities and to be of 8 kinds; madhuno leha m. licker of honey a bee, [W.]), [RV.] &c. &c. madhu : milk or anything produced from milk (as butter, ghee &c.), [RV.]; [VS.]; [GṛŚrS.] madhu : the juice or nectar of flowers, any sweet intoxicating drink, wine or spirituous liquor, [Kāv.]; [Var.]; [Sāh.] madhu : sugar, [L.] madhu : water, [L.] madhu : pyrites, [Bhpr.] madhu : N. of a Brāhmaṇa, [ŚBr.]; a kind of metre, [Col.] madhu : [cf. Gk., μέθυ, μέθη, Slav. medǔ; Lith. midùs, medùs; Germ. Meth; Eng. mead.] 🔎 mádhu-	nominal stemSGNINS
3.62.16	rájāṃsi 🔎 rájāṃsi	rájas- rajas : rájas n. ‘coloured or dim space’, the sphere of vapour or mist, region of clouds, atmosphere, air, firmament (in Veda one of the divisions of the world and distinguished from div or svar, ‘the sphere of light’, and rocanā divaḥ, ‘the ethereal spaces’, which are beyond the , as ether is beyond the air; often = ‘the whole expanse of heaven or sky’, divided into a lower and upper stratum, the rajas uparam or pārthivam and the rajas uttamam or paramam or divyam; hence du. rajasī, ‘the lower and higher atmospheres’; sometimes also three and [RV. i, 164, 6] even six such spheres are enumerated, hence pl. rajāṃsi, ‘the skies’), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [VS.]; [Br.] rajas : vapour, mist, clouds, gloom, dimness, darkness, [RV.]; [AV.] rajas : impurity, dirt, dust, any small particle of matter, [RV.] &c. &c. (cf. go-r°) rajas : the dust or pollen of flowers, [Kālid.]; [BhP.] rajas : cultivated or ploughed land (as ‘dusty’ or ‘dirty’), arable land, fields, [RV.] rajas : the impurity i.e. the menstrual discharge of a woman, [GṛS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Suśr.] &c. rajas : the ‘darkening’ quality, passion, emotion, affection, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. rajas : (in phil.) the second of the three Guṇas or qualities (the other two being sattva, goodness, and tamas, darkness; cf. [IW. 85]; is sometimes identified with tejas, q.v.; it is said to predominate in air, and to be active, urgent, and variable), [Sāṃkhyak.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Suśr.] &c. rajas : ‘light’ or ‘day’ or ‘world’ or ‘water’, [Nir. iv, 19] rajas : a kind of plant (= parpaṭa), [Bhpr.] rajas : tin, [L.] rajas : autumn, [L.] rajas : sperm, [L.] rajas : safflower, [L.] rajas : rájas m. N. of a Ṛṣi (son of Vasiṣṭha), [VP.] rajas : [cf. Gk. ἔ-ρεβος; Goth. riqis.] 🔎 rájas-	nominal stemPLNACC
3.62.16	sukratū 🔎 sukratū	sukrátu- sukratu : su—krátu mfn. skilful, wise (said of various gods), [RV.] sukratu : su—krátu m. N. of various kings, [MBh.] 🔎 sukrátu-	nominal stemDUMVOC

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