Rig Veda 8.47.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 47, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.47
Rishi: Not determinable from excerpt.
Devata: Ādityas (addressed as viśva-vedasaḥ).
Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from excerpt.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
व्यस्मे अधि शर्म तत्पक्षा वयो न यन्तन । विश्वानि विश्ववेदसो वरूथ्या मनामहेऽनेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥
Transliteration
vy àsmé adhí śárma tát pakṣā́ váyo ná yantana | víśvāni viśva-vedaso varū́thyā manāmahe 'néhaso va ūtáyaḥ su-ūtáyaḥ va ūtáyaḥ ||
Translation
われらの上に、その安らぎの庇護を据えたまえ、翼が鳥を運ぶがごとく。あまねく知る者たちよ、われらは汝らのあらゆる護りを、わが砦として心に念ずる。過ちなき者たちよ、汝らの護り――善き護り――こそ、われらの守りなり。
Word by Word
विapart, forth (prefix)
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग) / प्रादि
अस्मेfor us / among us
अस्मे:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: ‘among/for us’) / Sampradāna (if dative sense)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अधिupon, over; in addition
अधि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
शर्मshelter, protection, comfort
शर्म:
Karma (object of ‘यन्तन’)
TypeNoun
Rootशर्मन्
तत्that
तत्:
विशेषण/निर्देशक (to ‘शर्म’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
पक्षाwings
पक्षा:
Kartā (subject, in simile with ‘वयः’)
TypeNoun
Rootपक्ष
वयःa bird (lit. winged creature)
वयः:
Kartā (as ‘bird’ in simile)
TypeNoun
Rootवयस्
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
यन्तनbring, bestow, grant
यन्तन:
क्रिया (आह्वान/प्रार्थना); कर्ता = (देवाः/विश्ववेदसः) implied
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (यच्छति/यन्ति)
विश्वानिall (things), everything
विश्वानि:
Karma (object of ‘मनामहे’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व
विश्ववेदसःO all-knowing ones
विश्ववेदसः:
सम्बोधन (addressed deities)
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootविश्ववेदस् (प्रातिपदिक: विश्व + वेदस्) / √विद्
वरूथ्याःprotective, sheltering
वरूथ्याः:
Kartā/विशेषण (of ‘ऊतयः’ understood)
TypeAdjective
Rootवरूथ्य (from वरूथ ‘defence, enclosure’)
मनामहेwe invoke/think upon, we pray for
मनामहे:
क्रिया; कर्ता = वयम् (we)
TypeVerb
Root√मन् (मन्यते/मनामहे) / ‘to think, to invoke’
अनेहसःuntroubled, unharming
अनेहसः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive qualifier of ‘वः’/‘ऊतयः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनेहस् (a- + नेहस् ‘trouble/need/straitness’)
वःyour (of you)
वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘your’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
ऊतयःhelps, aids, protections
ऊतयः:
Kartā/प्रार्थ्य-वस्तु (the sought helps)
TypeNoun
Rootऊति
सुतयःpressings/offerings (of Soma); libations
सुतयः:
Kartā/प्रार्थ्य-वस्तु (parallel to ‘ऊतयः’)
TypeNoun
Rootसुति
वःyour
वः:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
ऊतयःhelps, aids
ऊतयः:
Kartā/प्रार्थ्य-वस्तु
TypeNoun
Rootऊति
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