Rig Veda 8.83.3 — Mandala 8, Sukta 83, Mantra 3

Sukta 8.83

Devata: Ādityas / divine guides as viś-pati and ṛtasya rathyāḥ (context continues from Varuṇa-Mitra-Aryaman)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अति नो विष्पिता पुरु नौभिरपो न पर्षथ । यूयमृतस्य रथ्यः ॥

Transliteration

áti no viṣpitā́ purú naúbhir apó ná parṣatha | yūyám ṛtásya rathyáḥ ||

Translation

O lords of the dwelling, carry us beyond with many boats, as across waters; for you are the charioteers of the Truth-Order.

Word by Word

• अति: over, across, beyond
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नः: to/for us (our)
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• विष्पिता: O protector/guardian (epithet)
• विष्पिता: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वि-√स्पृ/स्पृश्? (वेद. ‘विष्पिता’ = ‘विस्तारक/रक्षक’ प्रकार का विशेषण; प्रातिपदिक: विष्पितृ/विष्पिता)

• पुरु: many, much
• पुरु: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु

• नौभिः: with boats
• नौभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ (स्त्री.)

• अपः: waters
• अपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (स्त्री.)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पर्षथ: carry across, ferry over
• पर्षथ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ (पारयति/पर्षति)

• यूयम्: you (pl.)
• यूयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (नपुं.)

• रथ्यः: charioteers; those of the chariot/road
• रथ्यः: Kartā (predicate nominative)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: रथ्य (विशेषण/नाम) < रथ