Rig Veda 5.43.16 — Mandala 5, Sukta 43, Mantra 16

Sukta 5.43

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (attribution for RV 5.43 generally)

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (All the Gods)

Chandas: Trishtubh/Jagati hymn-ending refrain style; this short pāda functions as a closing benediction

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उरौ देवा अनिबाधे स्याम ॥

Transliteration

uráu devā anibā́dhe syāma ||

Translation

हे देवो, हम उरु—विस्तृत, अनिबाध—अवरोध-रहित—अवकाश में रहें।

Word by Word

• उरौ: in the wide (place), in broad protection
• उरौ: अधिकरण (locus: ‘in/within the wide [space/protection]’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively / locative qualifier)
• Root: उरु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: O gods / the gods
• देवाः: सम्बोधन/कर्तृ (addressed agents)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनिबाधे: in the unobstructed (place/state), in unhindered (safety)
• अनिबाधे: अधिकरण (locus: ‘in the unhindered [state/place]’)
• Type: Adjective (locative qualifier)
• Root: अनिबाध- (a- + निबाध- ‘hindrance, oppression’; प्रातिपदिक)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: क्रिया (predicate; wish/benediction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु) → स्या- (विधिलिङ्/आशीर्लिङ्-आधार)