Rig Veda 8.30.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 30, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.30
Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (All Gods) as protectors and guides
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ते नस्त्राध्वं तेऽवत त उ नो अधि वोचत । मा नः पथः पित्र्यान्मानवादधि दूरं नैष्ट परावतः ॥
Transliteration
té nas trādhvaṃ té ’vata tá u no ádhi vocata | mā́ naḥ patháḥ pitryā́n mānavā́d ádhi dūráṃ naiṣṭa parāvátaḥ ||
Translation
Protect us; foster us; and speak for us from above. Do not lead us far away from the ancestral path, from the human way—do not cast us into the distant beyond.
Word by Word
तेthey (those)
ते:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःto us / our
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्राध्वम्protect (you all)!
त्राध्वम्:
कर्तृ (आज्ञा-क्रियायाः) / कर्म-सम्बन्धः ‘नः’
TypeVerb
Rootत्रा (धातु) / त्रै (पालने)
तेthey (those)
ते:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अवतprotected
अवत:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootअव् (रक्षणे)
तthey
त:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed / and
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
नःto us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अधिover, concerning, in addition
अधि:
अधिकरण (भावतः) / क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वोचतspeak / declare (you all)!
वोचत:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (वदने)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध)
नःto us / our
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
पथःpaths, ways
पथः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपथ् (प्रातिपदिक ‘पथ’)
पित्र्यान्ancestral, of the fathers
पित्र्यान्:
कर्म (पथान् विशेषयति)
TypeAdjective
Rootपितृय (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘पितृ’ + य) / पितृ
मानवO man / O descendant of Manu
मानव:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमानव (प्रातिपदिक) < मनु
अधिover, beyond
अधि:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
दूरम्far
दूरम्:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeAdjective (used adverbially)
Rootदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
नैष्टdo not lead (us) away
नैष्ट:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootनी (नयने) + उपसर्ग ‘नि’ (निनयने) / नय्
परावतःfrom afar, from a distant region
परावतः:
अपादान
TypeNoun (ablative of place)
Rootपरावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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