Rig Veda 10.63.14: Mandala 10, Sukta 63, Mantra 14

Sukta 10.63

Rishi: Plati lineage (same hymn-cycle context as 10.63)

Devata: Indra with Maruts (and ‘the gods’ collectively) as helpers toward svasti

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs metrical confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यं देवासोऽवथ वाजसातौ यं शूरसाता मरुतो हिते धने । प्रातर्यावाणं रथमिन्द्र सानसिमरिष्यन्तमा रुहेमा स्वस्तये ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.63.14

Transliteration

yáṃ devā́so ’ávatha vā́ja-sātau yáṃ śū́ra-sātā maruto hité dháne | prātaryā́vāṇaṃ rátham indra sānásim áriṣyantam ā́ ruhemā svastáye ||

Translation

مَن ترعاه الآلهةُ في نيلِ الوفرة، ومَن تُعينه الماروتات (Maruts) في اكتسابِ بأسِ البطولة للكنزِ المحبوب—على المركبةِ السائرةِ نحو الفجر، يا إندرا، مركبةِ الظَّفَر، التي لا تُنالُ بسوء، لِنَصعَدْ إليها من أجلِ وصولٍ آمنٍ (سْفَسْتي).

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Word by Word

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवासः: the gods
• देवासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवथ: you have helped/protected
• अवथ: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (रक्षण/पालन) धातु

• वाजसातौ: in the winning of the prize (contest)
• वाजसातौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज-साति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘prize-winning/attainment of strength’)

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शूरसाता: in the heroic winning
• शूरसाता: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर-साति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘winning heroes/heroic winning’)

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिते: in (what is) beneficial / for welfare
• हिते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Participle
• Root: हित (√धा > धा-धातोः क्त; ‘placed, set; favorable’)

• धने: in wealth, in the prize
• धने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)

• यावाणम्: going, ready to go
• यावाणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (qualifying रथम्)
• Root: यावन्/यावाण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘going, driving, journeying’)

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सानसिम्: (the chariot) bringing gain / winning
• सानसिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सानसि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘winning, gaining; acquisition’)

• अरिष्यन्तम्: unharming, uninjured
• अरिष्यन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Participle (present) used adjectivally
• Root: अ-रिष्यन्त् (√रिष् ‘to be harmed’ > desiderative/participle sense ‘not perishing, unharmed’)

• आ: up, onto
• आ: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• रुहेम: may we mount
• रुहेम: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (आरोहणे) धातु

• स्वस्तये: for well-being, for welfare
• स्वस्तये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)