Rig Veda 6.61.11: Mandala 6, Sukta 61, Mantra 11
Sukta 6.61
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Sarasvatī
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आपप्रुषी पार्थिवान्युरु रजो अन्तरिक्षम् । सरस्वती निदस्पातु ॥
Transliteration
āpapruṣī́ pārthívāny urú rájo antárikṣam | sárasvatī nidás pātu ||
Translation
Sie, die die irdischen Gestalten und den weiten Mittelraum — das Antarikṣa — erfüllt hat: Möge Sarasvatī uns behüten vor der verneinenden Stimme, vor feindlicher, treffender Rede.
Word by Word
आप्रुषीthe sprinkling/moistening one (epithet)
आप्रुषी:
कर्तृ (वाक्यस्य कर्तृ—सरस्वती) / विशेषणम्
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootआ-√प्रुष् (प्रुष् ‘to sprinkle, moisten’) → क्तिन्-प्रत्ययान्त स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक ‘आप्रुषी’
पार्थिवानिearthly (things/regions)
पार्थिवानि:
कर्म (आपृणोति/आपृणाति इत्यर्थे पूरयति—‘fills’)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootपार्थिव (पृथिवी-सम्बन्धि; प्रातिपदिक) < पृथिवी
उरुbroad, wide
उरु:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउरु (प्रातिपदिक)
रजःthe expanse/space; (often) mid-region
रजः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तरिक्षम्the atmosphere, mid-air
अन्तरिक्षम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
सरस्वतीSarasvatī
सरस्वती:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootसरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक; नदीदेवी) < सरस् + वती
निदःfrom reproach/insult
निदः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootनिद् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘reproach, reviling, insult’
पातुmay (she) protect
पातु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पा (पा ‘to protect’)
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