Rig Veda 8.67.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 67, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.67
Devata: Ādityas
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यद्वः श्रान्ताय सुन्वते वरूथमस्ति यच्छर्दिः । तेना नो अधि वोचत ॥
Transliteration
yad vaḥ śrāntāya sunvate varūtham asti yac chardiḥ | tenā no adhi vocata ||
Translation
Welcher Schutz auch immer euch eigen ist für den ermatteten Soma-Presser, welche schirmende Deckung auch immer — damit sprecht über uns und setzt uns in Sicherheit fest.
Word by Word
यत्when/that which
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (relative pronoun used as conjunction)
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
वःfor you / of you
वः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary) / Possessor
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (asmad/yusmad-pronoun)
श्रान्तायto the weary (one)
श्रान्ताय:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootश्रान्त (ppp of √श्रम् ‘to toil, be weary’)
सुन्वतेto the Soma-presser
सुन्वते:
Sampradāna
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Root√सु (sunóti ‘to press (Soma)’) → pres. act. ptc. सुन्वत्
वरूथम्protection, shelter
वरूथम्:
Karma (as ‘that which exists/is available’)
TypeNoun
Rootवरूथ (prātipadika)
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (to be)
यत्(and) that which
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (relative pronoun used as conjunction)
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
शर्दिःrefuge, protection, shelter
शर्दिः:
Kartā (as a nominative ‘(there) is …’ / apposition to वरूथम्)
TypeNoun
Rootशर्दिस्/शर्दिः (prātipadika)
तेनby that / with that
तेन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
नःus
नः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronoun)
अधिupon; over; to
अधि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (preverb/preposition)
वोचतlet (him) speak / may (he) proclaim
वोचत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (to speak)
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