Rig Veda 10.186.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 186, Mantra 1
Sukta 10.186
Devata: Vāta (Wind as life-force and healer)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वात आ वातु भेषजं शम्भु मयोभु नो हृदे । प्र ण आयूंषि तारिषत् ॥
Transliteration
vā́ta ā́ vātu bheṣajáṃ śámbhu máyo-bhu no hṛdé | prá ṇa ā́yūṃṣi tāriṣat ||
Translation
Möge Vāta zu uns wehen als Heilmittel, heilsam, wonnereich für unser Herz; möge er unsere Lebenshauche vorantragen.
Word by Word
वातःthe Wind (Vāta)
वातः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक; √वा ‘वाति’ से निष्पन्न)
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वातुlet (him/it) blow
वातु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वा (वाति ‘to blow’)
भेषजम्remedy, medicine
भेषजम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootभेषज (प्रातिपदिक)
शम्भुbeneficent, auspicious
शम्भु:
कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशम्भु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शम्’+‘भु’)
मयोभुbringing joy/comfort
मयोभु:
कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमयोभु (प्रातिपदिक; मयस् ‘delight’ + भु)
नःof us, our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हृदेto (our) heart
हृदे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
नःour
नः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आयूंषिlifespans, vital powers
आयूंषि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तारिषत्may he carry (them) through / preserve
तारिषत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√तॄ (तरति ‘to cross, carry over, save’)
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