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Rig Veda 10.65.10: Mandala 10, Sukta 65, Mantra 10

Sukta 10.65

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (hymn attribution by internal colophon-style closing)
Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (with emphasis on Tvaṣṭṛ, Vāyu, Ṛbhus, Uṣas, Bṛhaspati, Soma)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires full syllable audit)

त्वष्टारं वायुमृभवो य ओहते दैव्या होतारा उषसं स्वस्तये । बृहस्पतिं वृत्रखादं सुमेधसमिन्द्रियं सोमं धनसा उ ईमहे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.65.10

tváṣṭāraṃ vāyúm ṛ́bhavo yá óhate daivyā́ hótārā uṣásaṃ svastáye | bṛ́haspátiṃ vṛtra-khādáṃ su-medhásaṃ indriyáṃ sómaṃ dhanasā́ u īmahe ||

Wir erbitten Tvaṣṭṛ, den Bildner, und Vāyu, den Lebenshauch; wir erbitten die Ṛbhus, die das Werk vorantreiben, und die göttlichen Hotṛs, und Uṣas, die Morgenröte, zum Heil. Wir erbitten Bṛhaspati, den Vṛtra-Verzehrer, den Wohlweisen, und Soma, die Kraft von Wonne und Sieg, zum Gewinn der Schätze.

त्वष्टारम्Tvaṣṭar (the divine artisan)
त्वष्टारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootत्वष्टृ- (प्रातिपदिक) < √त्वक्ष्/त्वष्ट् ‘to fashion, form’
वाor / and (disjunctive)
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात) विकल्पार्थ
वायुम्Vāyu (Wind-god)
वायुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवायु- (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋभवःthe Rbhus (divine craftsmen)
ऋभवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋभु- (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ओहतेconveys / brings
ओहते:
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (वहति) with preverb ओ- (Vedic); ‘to convey/bring near, carry’
दैव्यौthe two divine
दैव्यौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootदैव्य- (प्रातिपदिक)
होतारौtwo Hotṛ-priests / invokers
होतारौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
उषसम्Uṣas (Dawn)
उषसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउषस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वस्तयेfor well-being / welfare
स्वस्तये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootस्वस्ति- (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहस्पतिम्Bṛhaspati
बृहस्पतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबृहस्पति- (प्रातिपदिक)
वृत्रखादम्Vṛtra-devouring
वृत्रखादम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत्र-खाद- (समास; खाद ‘eater’ < √खाद् ‘to eat’)
सुमेधसम्very wise / of good insight
सुमेधसम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-मेधस्- (प्रातिपदिक; मेधस् ‘wisdom/skill’)
इन्द्रियम्Indra-like; powerful
इन्द्रियम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootइन्द्रिय- (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमम्Soma
सोमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसोम- (प्रातिपदिक)
धनसाwith wealth / by means of riches
धनसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधन- (प्रातिपदिक)
indeed / also
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात; बल/अन्वय/समुच्चय)
ईमहेwe seek / we invoke
ईमहे:
TypeVerb
Root√यम् (यच्छति/यमते) in Vedic desiderative/precative-like usage; here ‘to seek, request, invoke’

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