Rig Veda 9.67.10: Mandala 9, Sukta 67, Mantra 10
Sukta 9.67
Devata: Pūṣan (invoked within a Soma context as guardian of the path)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अविता नो अजाश्वः पूषा यामनियामनि । आ भक्षत्कन्यासु नः ॥
Transliteration
avitā́ no ajā́śvaḥ pūṣā́ yā́mani-yāmani | ā bhakṣat kanyā́su naḥ ||
Translation
プーシャン（Pūṣan）——山羊と馬を持つ、われらの助け手——が、旅のあらゆる歩みにおいて守護者となりますように。われらのうちに養いと享受を授けますように。
Word by Word
अविताprotector
अविता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअवितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √अव् ‘रक्षणे/अवने’)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अजाश्वःAjāśva (name/epithet)
अजाश्वः:
कर्तृ (अविता इत्यस्य विशेषण/समनाम)
TypeNoun (proper epithet)
Rootअजाश्व (प्रातिपदिक; पुं)
पूषाPūṣan
पूषा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootपूषन् (प्रातिपदिक; देवता-नाम)
यामनिin the going / on the journey
यामनि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootयामन् (प्रातिपदिक; नपुं)
यामनिat each journey (lit. ‘in journey, in journey’)
यामनि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootयामन् (प्रातिपदिक; नपुं)
आtowards, hither; (prefix)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
भक्षत्let him eat/enjoy
भक्षत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√भक्ष् (भक्षणे)
कन्यासुamong the maidens
कन्यासु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
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