Rig Veda 3.62.11: Mandala 3, Sukta 62, Mantra 11

Sukta 3.62

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina

Devata: Savitṛ (with Bhaga invoked as his distributive aspect/power)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (short verse-form; pada distribution as transmitted)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

देवस्य सवितुर्वयं वाजयन्तः पुरंध्या । भगस्य रातिमीमहे ॥

Transliteration

devásya savitúr vayáṃ vājayántaḥ púraṃ-dhyā́ | bhágasya rātím īmahe ||

Translation

نحنُ، الدافعونَ قُدُماً وفوراتِ القوّة (vāja)، وبفكرٍ يبني المدينةَ الباطنة (puraṃdhyā)، نلتمسُ عطيّةَ بهاگا (Bhaga) من الإله سافيتṛ.

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Word by Word

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) / षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) < √दिव् (द्युतौ) / deva-

• सवितुः: of Savitṛ
• सवितुः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) / षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक) < √सू (प्रसवे) / savitṛ-

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ (agent) of वाजयन्तः / implied agent of ईमहे
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / 1st person pronoun

• वाजयन्तः: seeking to win/causing gain (bringing strength/booty)
• वाजयन्तः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (agentive qualifier) of वयम्
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: वाजय (धातु-प्रातिपदिक) < √वाज्/वज् (बल-गति-समृद्धौ; ‘to make strong/bring gain’) + णिच् (causative) → वाजयति

• पुरंध्या: with Purandhī (the goddess of abundance/fulfilment)
• पुरंध्या: करण (instrument/means) or सहकारि (accompaniment) with वाजयन्तः
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरंधि (प्रातिपदिक) / purandhi-

• भगस्य: of Bhaga (the distributor of shares/fortune)
• भगस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) with रातिम्
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक) / bhaga-

• रातिम्: gift, bounty
• रातिम्: कर्म (object) of ईमहे
• Type: Noun
• Root: राति (प्रातिपदिक) < √रा (दाने) / rāti-

• ईमहे: we seek / we request
• ईमहे: क्रिया (finite verb); governs कर्म = रातिम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ई (गत्यर्थ/याचनार्थ; ‘to seek, request, go toward’)