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Rig Veda 8.67.12: Mandala 8, Sukta 67, Mantra 12

Sukta 8.67

Devata: Aditi/Āditya-aligned luminous power (addressed as urūci)

अनेहो न उरुव्रज उरूचि वि प्रसर्तवे । कृधि तोकाय जीवसे ॥

aneho na uru-vraje urūci vi prasartave | kṛdhi tokāya jīvase ||

ഞങ്ങൾക്കായി വിശാലമായ, അനെഹോ (അവിലംബിത) സ്വതന്ത്ര പാത ഒരുക്കുക; ഹേ വിശാലപ്രകാശിനി, പൂർണ്ണവ്യാപ്തിയിൽ മുന്നേറുവാൻ. ഞങ്ങളുടെ തോക്കിന്‍ (സന്തതി) ജീവിക്കുവാൻ അത് ചെയ്യുക.

अनेहःO unhurried/undelaying one
अनेहः:
सम्बोधन (addressed epithet)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनेह- (प्रातिपदिक; a- + नेह- < √निह्/√नय् ‘to lead/drive’ in the sense ‘not driving/impelling’; traditional: ‘अन्-एह’ = ‘without haste’)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
उरुव्रजO wide-ranging / wide-enclosed one
उरुव्रज:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (compound epithet)
Rootउरु-व्रज (समास; उरु ‘wide’ + व्रज ‘enclosure/pen/region’)
उरूचिO far-shining one
उरूचि:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (compound epithet)
Rootउरु-चि (समास; उरु ‘wide’ + चि/चि- ‘to shine/bright’; prātipadika ‘broad-shining’)
विforth, apart, widely
वि:
क्रियाविशेषण (verbal preverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
प्रसर्तवेto spread forth / to extend
प्रसर्तवे:
प्रयोजन (purpose) / क्रियार्थक
TypeVerb (infinitive)
Root√सृ (सरणे) + प्र- (उपसर्ग); कृत्: तुमुन्/तवेन् (infinitive in -तवे)
कृधिmake! / do! / grant!
कृधि:
क्रिया (imperative); कर्ता = त्वम् (addressed deity)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे)
तोकायfor offspring / for the child(ren)
तोकाय:
सम्प्रदान (for, to)
TypeNoun
Rootतोक (प्रातिपदिक)
जीवसेfor living / to live
जीवसे:
प्रयोजन (purpose)
TypeVerb (purpose-form)
Root√जीव् (जीवने) + कृत्: सेन्/से (infinitive-like dative in -से; Vedic)

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