Rig Veda 1.22.16: Mandala 1, Sukta 22, Mantra 16
Sukta 1.22
Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva
Devata: Viṣṇu (with collective Devāḥ as protectors)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अतो देवा अवन्तु नो यतो विष्णुर्विचक्रमे । पृथिव्याः सप्त धामभिः ॥
Transliteration
ato devā avantu no yato viṣṇur vi-cakrame | pṛthivyāḥ sapta dhāmabhiḥ ||
Translation
Darum mögen uns die Götter schützen von dorther, von wo Viṣṇu ausschritt und die sieben Wohnsitze der Erde festsetzte — ihre sieben Bereiche.
Word by Word
अतःfrom there; therefore
अतः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः (अव्यय; pronominal base अ- / तस्)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अवन्तुmay (they) protect
अवन्तु:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअव् (रक्षणे)
नःus; for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
यतःfrom where; whence
यतः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयतः (अव्यय; य- / तस्)
विष्णुःViṣṇu
विष्णुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
विचक्रमेstrode forth; took (his) strides
विचक्रमे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootक्रम् (गत्यर्थे) + वि-
पृथिव्याःof the earth
पृथिव्याः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
सप्तseven
सप्त:
(विशेषण-भावे)
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
धामभिःwith (his) abodes/regions; by the stations
धामभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
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