Mantra 5
Sukta 8.67
Devata: Ādityas (with an appeal to their ‘havana-śruta’ aspect)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
जीवान्नो अभि धेतनादित्यासः पुरा हथात् । कद्ध स्थ हवनश्रुतः ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
जी॒वान्नो॑ अ॒भि धे॑त॒नादि॑त्यासः पु॒रा हथा॑त् । कद्ध॑ स्थ हवनश्रुतः ॥
Transliteration
jīvān no abhi dhetanādityāsaḥ purā hathāt | kaddha stha havanaśrutaḥ ||
Translation
O Ādityas, set us firmly in the state of living fullness; guard us beforehand from the blow of the slayer. Where indeed are you, you who hear the call?
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
जी॒वान् । नः॒ । अ॒भि । धे॒त॒न॒ । आदि॑त्यासः । पु॒रा । हथा॑त् । कत् । ह॒ । स्थ॒ । ह॒व॒न॒ऽश्रु॒तः॒ ॥जीवान् । नः । अभि । धेतन । आदित्यासः । पुरा । हथात् । कत् । ह । स्थ । हवनश्रुतः ॥jīvān | naḥ | abhi | dhetana | ādityāsaḥ | purā | hathāt | kat | ha | stha | havana-śrutaḥ
Word by Word
जीवात्from death; from dying
जीवात्:
अपादान (source/avoidance: ‘from death’)
TypeNoun (abstract/quality)
Rootजीव् (dhātu) / जीव (prātipadika)
नःof us; our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (possessor/our)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronoun)
अभिtowards; over; upon
अभि:
— (verbal prefix; direction ‘towards/over’)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootअभि (upasarga/preverb)
धेतनplace; set; bestow (you all)
धेतन:
क्रिया (addressed action)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (dhātu ‘to place, set, put’)
आदित्याःthe Ādityas
आदित्याः:
कर्तृ (addressees/agents)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (prātipadika)
पुराformerly; before
पुरा:
अधिकरण (temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (indeclinable)
हथात्from harm; from injury
हथात्:
अपादान (source/avoidance: ‘from harm’)
TypeNoun
Rootहथ (prātipadika; ‘harm, blow, injury’)
कद्धwhen indeed?; how then?
कद्ध:
—
TypeIndeclinable (interrogative particle)
Rootकद् (interrogative base) + ध (enclitic particle)
स्थare (you all)
स्थ:
क्रिया (copula: ‘you are’)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (dhātu ‘to be’)
हवनश्रुतःhearing the invocation; famed for heeding calls
हवनश्रुतः:
विशेषण (of the subject ‘Ādityas’)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootहवन-श्रुत् (compound: हवन ‘invocation/oblation’ + श्रुत् ‘hearing, famed for hearing’)