Mantra 34
Rishi: Ṛgvedic Vāyu tradition (as transmitted in VS)
Devata: Vāyu (with associative link to Tvaṣṭṛ)
Chandas: RV-derived (adapted into Yajus cadence)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तव॑ वायवृतस्पते॒ त्वष्टु॑र्जामातरद्भुत । अवा॒ᳪस्या वृ॑णीमहे
Transliteration
táva vāyav ṛtáspate tváṣṭur jāmātar adbhuta | avā́ṃsyā vṛṇīmahe
Translation
ഹേ വായു, ഋതത്തിന്റെ അധിപതേ, ഹേ ത്വഷ്ടൃയുടെ അത്ഭുത ജാമാതാവേ! നിന്റെതന്നെയാണ് രക്ഷാകവചങ്ങൾ; അവയെ തന്നെയാണ് ഞങ്ങൾ വരിക്കുന്നു.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
तव॑ । वा॒य॒व् । ऋ॒त॒स्-प॒ते॒ । त्वष्टुः॑ । जा॒मा॒त॒र् । अ॒द्भु॒त॒ । अ॒वा॒ᳪस्या । वृ॒णी॒म॒हे॒ ।
Word by Word
तवof you / your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-शब्द)
वायोO Vāyu
वायो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (address)
Rootवायु (प्रातिपदिक)
वृतस्पतेO lord of Vṛtas / O lord of the enclosure (epithet)
वृतस्पते:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (address)
Rootवृतस्-पति (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
त्वष्टुःof Tvaṣṭṛ
त्वष्टुः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
जामातर्O son-in-law
जामातर्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (address)
Rootजामातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
अद्भुतO wondrous one
अद्भुत:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (address)
Rootअद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
अवdown; forth; (as a verbal preverb)
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (उपसर्ग/निपात)
अस्याःof this (f.) / of her
अस्याः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक: अस्या-)
वृणीमहेwe choose / we seek
वृणीमहे:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: वयम्)
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणीते) चयन/वरणे
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VāyuT
TvaṣṭṛRitual Context
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