Rig Veda 10.63.1 — Mandala 10, Sukta 63, Mantra 1
Sukta 10.63
Rishi: Likely a later mandala 10 family hymn; specific rishi attribution varies by Anukramaṇī for RV 10.63
Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (All-Gods) with ancestral-sacrificial framing (Vivasvat, Yayāti, Nahusha)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
परावतो ये दिधिषन्त आप्यं मनुप्रीतासो जनिमा विवस्वतः । ययातेर्ये नहुष्यस्य बर्हिषि देवा आसते ते अधि ब्रुवन्तु नः ॥
Transliteration
parāváto yé didhíṣanta ā́pyaṃ mánu-prītāso jánimā vivásvataḥ | yayā́ter yé nahuṣyásya bárhiṣi devā́ āsate té ádhi bruvantu naḥ ||
Translation
Von oben mögen zu uns sprechen jene Götter, die aus der Ferne die innigen Wasser des Seins festsetzen; die an Manu, dem Spross des Vivasvat, Gefallen haben; die im Opfer des Yayāti, des Nahusha, auf dem barhis, der heiligen Streu, sitzen.
Word by Word
परावतःfrom far away
परावतः:
Apādāna (source/away-from; ‘from afar’) / Adverbial
TypeNoun/Adjective (used adverbially)
Rootपरावत् (प्रातिपदिक) < पर (दूर) + अवत् (सम्बन्ध/अधिकरण)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā (relative subject)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दिधिषन्तdesire / wish
दिधिषन्त:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धातु) (desiderative: दिधिष-)
आप्यम्the watery (thing/realm); that which is of the waters
आप्यम्:
Karma (object of ‘desire’)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootआप्य (प्रातिपदिक) < आप् ‘जल’/‘आपः’ (सम्बन्ध) अथवा ‘आप्य’ = ‘अप्सु भवम्’
मनुप्रीतासःpleased with Manu / Manu-beloved
मनुप्रीतासः:
Kartā (apposition to ‘ये’)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootमनु- + प्रीत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) < √प्री ‘तोषे’
जनिमाbirth; origin; generation
जनिमा:
Karma (object understood with desire/seek) / Appositional object
TypeNoun
Rootजनिमन्/जनिमा (प्रातिपदिक) < √जन् ‘जन्मनि’
विवस्वतःof Vivasvat (the Sun)
विवस्वतः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootविवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक) < √वस्/√भास् (दीप्तौ) ‘the shining one’
ययातेःof Yayāti
ययातेः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootययाति (प्रातिपदिक; proper name)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā (relative subject)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नहुष्यस्यof the descendant of Nahusha
नहुष्यस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective/Noun (patronymic)
Rootनहुष्य (प्रातिपदिक) < नहुष (proper) + य (patronymic/derivative)
बर्हिषिon the sacred grass (barhis)
बर्हिषि:
Adhikaraṇa (locus)
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
आसतेsit; are seated
आसते:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√आस् ‘उपवेशने/आसने’
तेthey
ते:
Kartā (subject of ‘ब्रुवन्तु’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon; concerning; over
अधि:
Upasarga/Adverbial (intensifier/‘over, concerning’)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/adverb)
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ब्रुवन्तुlet them speak; may they declare
ब्रुवन्तु:
Kriyā (injunctive command)
TypeVerb
Root√ब्रू ‘वचने’
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary) / Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
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