Rig Veda 8.47.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 47, Mantra 3

Sukta 8.47

Rishi: Not determinable from excerpt.

Devata: Ādityas (addressed as viśva-vedasaḥ).

Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from excerpt.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

व्यस्मे अधि शर्म तत्पक्षा वयो न यन्तन । विश्वानि विश्ववेदसो वरूथ्या मनामहेऽनेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.47.3

Transliteration

vy àsmé adhí śárma tát pakṣā́ váyo ná yantana | víśvāni viśva-vedaso varū́thyā manāmahe 'néhaso va ūtáyaḥ su-ūtáyaḥ va ūtáyaḥ ||

Translation

Lege uns jenes friedvolle Obdach auf, wie Flügel den Vogel tragen. O Allwissende, all eure Schutze halten wir im Sinn als unsere Feste. O Unfehlbare, eure Schutze – eure guten Schutze – sind unsere Sicherung.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, forth (prefix)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग) / प्रादि

• अस्मे: for us / among us
• अस्मे: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: ‘among/for us’) / Sampradāna (if dative sense)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अधि: upon, over; in addition
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• शर्म: shelter, protection, comfort
• शर्म: Karma (object of ‘यन्तन’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन्

• तत्: that
• तत्: विशेषण/निर्देशक (to ‘शर्म’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• पक्षा: wings
• पक्षा: Kartā (subject, in simile with ‘वयः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष

• वयः: a bird (lit. winged creature)
• वयः: Kartā (as ‘bird’ in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस्

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• यन्तन: bring, bestow, grant
• यन्तन: क्रिया (आह्वान/प्रार्थना); कर्ता = (देवाः/विश्ववेदसः) implied
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (यच्छति/यन्ति)

• विश्वानि: all (things), everything
• विश्वानि: Karma (object of ‘मनामहे’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व

• विश्ववेदसः: O all-knowing ones
• विश्ववेदसः: सम्बोधन (addressed deities)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (epithet)
• Root: विश्ववेदस् (प्रातिपदिक: विश्व + वेदस्) / √विद्

• वरूथ्याः: protective, sheltering
• वरूथ्याः: Kartā/विशेषण (of ‘ऊतयः’ understood)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरूथ्य (from वरूथ ‘defence, enclosure’)

• मनामहे: we invoke/think upon, we pray for
• मनामहे: क्रिया; कर्ता = वयम् (we)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन् (मन्यते/मनामहे) / ‘to think, to invoke’

• अनेहसः: untroubled, unharming
• अनेहसः: सम्बन्ध (genitive qualifier of ‘वः’/‘ऊतयः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेहस् (a- + नेहस् ‘trouble/need/straitness’)

• वः: your (of you)
• वः: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘your’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• ऊतयः: helps, aids, protections
• ऊतयः: Kartā/प्रार्थ्य-वस्तु (the sought helps)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति

• सुतयः: pressings/offerings (of Soma); libations
• सुतयः: Kartā/प्रार्थ्य-वस्तु (parallel to ‘ऊतयः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुति

• वः: your
• वः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• ऊतयः: helps, aids
• ऊतयः: Kartā/प्रार्थ्य-वस्तु
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति