Mantra 3
Sukta 10.186
Devata: Vāta
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यददो वात ते गृहेऽमृतस्य निधिर्हितः । ततो नो देहि जीवसे ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
यद॒दो वा॑त ते गृ॒हे॒३॒॑ऽमृत॑स्य नि॒धिर्हि॒तः । ततो॑ नो देहि जी॒वसे॑ ॥
Transliteration
yád adó vāta te gṛhé ’mṛ́tasya nidhír hitáḥ | tátó no dehi jīváse ||
Translation
If there, O Vāta, in your home a treasure of immortality is laid up, then from that store give to us for living—let the deathless portion enter our breath and sustain our journey.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
यत् । अ॒दः । वा॒त॒ । ते॒ । गृ॒हे । अ॒मृत॑स्य । नि॒धिः । हि॒तः । ततः॑ । नः॒ । दे॒हि॒ । जी॒वसे॑ ॥यत् । अदः । वात । ते । गृहे । अमृतस्य । निधिः । हितः । ततः । नः । देहि । जीवसे ॥yat | adaḥ | vāta | te | gṛhe | amṛtasya | nidhiḥ | hitaḥ | tataḥ | naḥ | dehi | jīvase
Word by Word
यत्which/that (thing)
यत्:
Karma (of implied verb ‘asti’/‘vidyate’ in relative clause)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
अदःthat (yonder/that very)
अदः:
Karma (correlative: ‘that’ corresponding to यत्)
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootअदस् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
वातO Vāta (Wind)
वात:
(Address) — sambodhana (not a kāraka)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootवात (prātipadika)
तेof you/your
ते:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
गृहेin (your) house/dwelling
गृहे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (prātipadika)
अमृतस्यof immortality / of ambrosia
अमृतस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (qualifying ‘treasure’)
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (prātipadika)
निधिःa treasure, deposit
निधिः:
Kartā (of ‘हितः’ in passive sense: ‘is placed’)
TypeNoun
Rootनिधि (prātipadika)
हितःplaced, set, deposited
हितः:
(Predicative to ‘निधिः’) — state/result
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Rootधा (dhātu) → √धा + क्त (PPP) = हित
ततःfrom there; therefore
ततः:
Apādāna (source, in adverbial sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (tatas, avyaya from tad)
नःto us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
देहिgive (you)
देहि:
(Main verb) — giver’s action toward recipient
TypeVerb
Rootदा (dhātu) √दा ‘to give’
जीवसेfor living; to live
जीवसे:
Prayojana (purpose)
TypeVerbal noun / infinitive
Rootजीव् (dhātu) √जीव् ‘to live’ → infinitive जीवसे