Mantra 1
Sukta 10.20
Devata: Vāta / the inspiriting Breath (as carrier of bhadra)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
भद्रं नो अपि वातय मनः ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
भ॒द्रं नो॒ अपि॑ वातय॒ मन॑: ॥
Transliteration
bhadráṃ no ápi vātaya mánāḥ ||
Translation
Breathe upon us, even into us, the auspiciousness—let our mind be moved by the beneficent wind of right inspiration.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
भ॒द्रम् । नः॒ । अपि॑ । वा॒त॒य॒ । मनः॑ ॥भद्रम् । नः । अपि । वातय । मनः ॥bhadram | naḥ | api | vātaya | manaḥ
Word by Word
भद्रम्auspicious (good thing)
भद्रम्:
कर्म (वातय—‘भद्रम्’ = what is to be caused/wafted)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / our
नः:
सम्प्रदान (beneficiary: ‘for us/our’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अपिalso; indeed
अपि:
— (particle; adds emphasis/‘also, indeed’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (निपात)
वातयwaft / cause to blow
वातय:
क्रिया (imperative: ‘cause to blow/waft’)
TypeVerb
Root√वा (वाति) → causative √वा-य (वातयति)
मनःmind
मनः:
कर्तृ (vocative-like address: ‘O mind!’ as the agent commanded)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)