Rig Veda 10.63.14: Mandala 10, Sukta 63, Mantra 14

Sukta 10.63

Rishi: Plati lineage (same hymn-cycle context as 10.63)

Devata: Indra with Maruts (and ‘the gods’ collectively) as helpers toward svasti

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs metrical confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यं देवासोऽवथ वाजसातौ यं शूरसाता मरुतो हिते धने । प्रातर्यावाणं रथमिन्द्र सानसिमरिष्यन्तमा रुहेमा स्वस्तये ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.63.14

Transliteration

yáṃ devā́so ’ávatha vā́ja-sātau yáṃ śū́ra-sātā maruto hité dháne | prātaryā́vāṇaṃ rátham indra sānásim áriṣyantam ā́ ruhemā svastáye ||

Translation

Wen die Götter nähren im Gewinnen der Fülle, wen die Maruts fördern im Erringen heldischer Kraft um des lieben Schatzes willen — auf den morgensfahrenden Wagen, o Indra, auf den Wagen des Gewinns, den unverletzlichen, mögen wir steigen — zum heilen Ankommen (svasti).

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• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवासः: the gods
• देवासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवथ: you have helped/protected
• अवथ: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (रक्षण/पालन) धातु

• वाजसातौ: in the winning of the prize (contest)
• वाजसातौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज-साति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘prize-winning/attainment of strength’)

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शूरसाता: in the heroic winning
• शूरसाता: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर-साति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘winning heroes/heroic winning’)

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिते: in (what is) beneficial / for welfare
• हिते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Participle
• Root: हित (√धा > धा-धातोः क्त; ‘placed, set; favorable’)

• धने: in wealth, in the prize
• धने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)

• यावाणम्: going, ready to go
• यावाणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (qualifying रथम्)
• Root: यावन्/यावाण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘going, driving, journeying’)

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सानसिम्: (the chariot) bringing gain / winning
• सानसिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सानसि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘winning, gaining; acquisition’)

• अरिष्यन्तम्: unharming, uninjured
• अरिष्यन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Participle (present) used adjectivally
• Root: अ-रिष्यन्त् (√रिष् ‘to be harmed’ > desiderative/participle sense ‘not perishing, unharmed’)

• आ: up, onto
• आ: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• रुहेम: may we mount
• रुहेम: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (आरोहणे) धातु

• स्वस्तये: for well-being, for welfare
• स्वस्तये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)