Rig Veda 1.3.10: Mandala 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 10
Sukta 1.3
Rishi: Madhucchandāḥ Vaiśvāmitra (traditional attribution for RV 1.1–1.11; hymn cluster including 1.3)
Devata: Sarasvatī (with the Angirasic/ritual context of invoking assisting powers for the yajña)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (3×8 syllables; RV 1.3 is predominantly Gāyatrī in this section)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पावका नः सरस्वती वाजेभिर्वाजिनीवती । यज्ञं वष्टु धियावसुः ॥
Transliteration
pāvakā naḥ sárasvatī vā́jebhir vājinī́vatī | yajñáṃ vaṣṭu dhiyā́vasuḥ ||
Translation
May Sarasvatī, the purifying Power, rich in the plenitudes of force and victorious energies, shape and foster for us the sacrifice—she whose wealth is the illumined thought.
Word by Word
पावकाpurifying, pure
पावका:
Kartā (कर्तृपद-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootपावक (प्रातिपदिक; √पू ‘पवित्रे/शोधने’ इत्यस्मात् कृत-नाम)
नःfor us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (हित-सम्बन्धः: ‘for us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सरस्वतीSarasvatī (goddess/river)
सरस्वती:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
वाजेभिःwith prizes/strengths (vajas)
वाजेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक)
वाजिनीवतीpossessing vāja; rich in strength/prize
वाजिनीवती:
Kartā (कर्तृपद-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootवाजिनीवत् (प्रातिपदिक; वाजिनी ‘प्रबल/वाजयुक्ता’ + वत्)
यज्ञम्the sacrifice
यज्ञम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
वष्टुmay she favor / desire
वष्टु:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वश् (वशँ कान्तौ/इच्छायाम्; वैदिके ‘to desire, favor’)
धियावसुःwhose wealth is insight; rich in inspiration
धियावसुः:
Kartā (कर्तृपद-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootधियावसु (प्रातिपदिक; धिया ‘धि/प्रज्ञा’ + वसु ‘धन’)
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