Rig Veda 6.61.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 61, Mantra 4
Sukta 6.61
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition
Devata: Sarasvatī
Chandas: Gayatri (probable due to brevity/structure; requires meter confirmation from pada-count in full recension)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र णो देवी सरस्वती वाजेभिर्वाजिनीवती । धीनामवित्र्यवतु ॥
Transliteration
pra no devī sarasvatī vājebhir vājinī-vatī | dhīnām avitrī avatu ||
Translation
لتتقدّم لنا الإلهةُ سَرَسْوَتِي، الغنيّةُ بقوى الفاجا (vāja)؛ هي حاملةُ القوّةِ الظافرة (vājini-vatī)—فلتَحْفَظْ وتَرْعَ إلهاماتِنا (dhī).
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
नःof us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
देवीthe goddess
देवी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (from देव-)
सरस्वतीSarasvatī
सरस्वती:
Kartā (apposition to देवी)
TypeNoun (proper/theonym)
Rootसरस्वती
वाजेभिःwith prizes/strengths (vājás)
वाजेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवाज
वाजिनीवतीprize-bearing, rich in winning power
वाजिनीवती:
Kartā (qualifier of Sarasvatī)
TypeAdjective
Rootवाजिनीवत् (adj. stem)
धीनाम्of thoughts, of inspired insights
धीनाम्:
Adhikaraṇa (domain: in/among thoughts) / sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootधी
अवित्र्य्as helper/protectress
अवित्र्य्:
Kartā (epithet in apposition)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootअवितृ (agent noun from √अव् ‘to help/protect’)
अवतुmay she help/protect
अवतु:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√अव् (अवते) ‘to help, protect’
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