Rig Veda 10.137.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 137, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.137
Rishi: As in RV 10.137 healing sequence (traditional attributions vary)
Devata: Vāta (Wind) as viśva-bheṣaja (universal healer)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ वात वाहि भेषजं वि वात वाहि यद्रपः । त्वं हि विश्वभेषजो देवानां दूत ईयसे ॥
Transliteration
ā́ vāta vā́hi bheṣajáṃ ví vāta vā́hi yád rápaḥ | tváṃ hí viśvá-bheṣajo devā́nāṃ dūtá ī́yase ||
Translation
O Vāyu, bringe das Heilmittel herbei; o Vāyu, blase auseinander und zerstreue, was verzehrt. Denn du bist das allumfassende Heil, der Bote, der zwischen den Göttern und unserem leiblichen Leben dahineilt.
Word by Word
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
वातO Wind
वात:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक)
वाहिcarry, bring
वाहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवह्
भेषजम्remedy, medicine
भेषजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभेषज (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, away, forth
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (upasarga)
वातO Wind
वात:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक)
वाहिcarry, drive
वाहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवह्
यत्whatever, that which
यत्:
Karma (with implied verb ‘drive away’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रपःharm, disease, affliction
रपः:
Karma (thing to be removed)
TypeNoun
Rootरपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वम्thou
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (particle)
विश्वभेषजःuniversal healer; possessing all remedies
विश्वभेषजः:
Kartā (predicative to त्वम्)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootविश्व-भेषज (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
दूतःmessenger
दूतः:
Kartā (apposition to त्वम्)
TypeNoun
Rootदूत (प्रातिपदिक)
ईयसेthou goest, thou movest
ईयसे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (Vedic: ईय- present stem)
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