Rig Veda 10.63.8: Mandala 10, Sukta 63, Mantra 8

Sukta 10.63

Rishi: Likely a later mandala 10 family hymn; specific rishi attribution varies by Anukramaṇī for RV 10.63

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ / Ādityas as rulers of ṛta

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

य ईशिरे भुवनस्य प्रचेतसो विश्वस्य स्थातुर्जगतश्च मन्तवः । ते नः कृतादकृतादेनसस्पर्यद्या देवासः पिपृता स्वस्तये ॥

Transliteration

yá ī́śire bhúvanasya práketaso víśvasya sthātúr jágataś ca mántavaḥ | té naḥ kṛtā́d ákṛtād énasaḥ pár y adyá devāsaḥ pipṛta svastáye ||

Translation

You who rule the world by awakened consciousness, who are thinkers of all that stands and moves—do you, O gods, guard us today all around from sin, from what we have done and what we have not done, for our well-being.

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Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā (relative subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ईशिरे: have ruled / have been masters
• ईशिरे: Kriyā (of the relative clause) / Kartṛ-vācya
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईश् (धातु)

• भुवनस्य: of the world / of existence
• भुवनस्य: Sambandha (genitive: of)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक) < भू

• प्रचेतसः: the wise, foreknowing
• प्रचेतसः: Kartā (apposition to ये)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रचेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वस्य: of all, of the whole
• विश्वस्य: Sambandha (genitive: of)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थातुः: of what stands / of the stationary
• स्थातुः: Sambandha (genitive dependent on मन्तवः: ‘knowers of …’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थातृ (प्रातिपदिक) < स्था

• जगतः: of what moves / of the moving world
• जगतः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) < गम्

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मन्तवः: thinkers, knowers
• मन्तवः: Kartā (apposition to ये/प्रचेतसः) / ‘knowers’
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्तु (प्रातिपदिक) < मन्

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā (of the main clause)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna/beneficiary (for us) / possessive genitive
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• कृतात्: from what is done (committed)
• कृतात्: Apādāna (from)
• Type: Noun (kṛdanta used substantively)
• Root: कृत (ppp) < कृ

• अकृतात्: from what is not done / from omission
• अकृतात्: Apādāna (from)
• Type: Noun (kṛdanta used substantively)
• Root: अकृत (neg. ppp) < कृ

• एनसः: of sin, of guilt
• एनसः: Sambandha (genitive with स्पर्य: ‘of sin’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्पर्य: protect (us), keep (us) away
• स्पर्य: Kriyā (request: ‘save/protect’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश्/स्पर्श् (धातु; Vedic injunctive/imperative stem)

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• देवासः: O gods / the gods
• देवासः: Kartā (vocative-like nominative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिपृत: lead across / protect / bring to safety
• पिपृत: Kriyā (main request)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पॄ/पॢ (धातु; ‘to fill, to bring across, to protect’)

• स्वस्तये: for well-being, for welfare
• स्वस्तये: Sampradāna (for welfare) / purpose
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)