Rig Veda 10.63.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 63, Mantra 4
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 in the background; luminous gods as a collective
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नृचक्षसो अनिमिषन्तो अर्हणा बृहद्देवासो अमृतत्वमानशुः । ज्योतीरथा अहिमाया अनागसो दिवो वर्ष्माणं वसते स्वस्तये ॥
Transliteration
nṛcákṣaso ánimīṣanto arháṇā bṛhád devā́so amṛtatvám ānaśuḥ | jyótīrathā́ áhimāyā anā́gaso divó varṣmā́ṇaṃ vasate svastáye ||
Translation
आत्मदृष्टीचे, अनिमिष, अर्हणीय असे ते देव ‘बृहद्’ मध्ये अमृतत्वास पोहोचले. ज्योतीच्या रथांवर आरूढ, अहि-मायेतून मुक्त, निर्दोष असे ते, आमच्या स्वस्तीसाठी दिवःचे उन्नत विस्तार धारण करतात.
Word by Word
नृचक्षसःhaving men as witnesses / man-seeing (i.e., all-seeing among men)
नृचक्षसः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootनृ-चक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक; नृ ‘मनुष्य’ + चक्षस् ‘दृष्टि/नेत्र’)
अनिमिषन्तःnot blinking; unclosing (their eyes)
अनिमिषन्तः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootनि√मिष् (धातु) with privative अ-; वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ) ‘अनिमिषन्त्’
अर्हणाःworthy; deserving of worship
अर्हणाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्हण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पूज्य/अर्ह’ भाव) अथवा अर्ह्-सम्बद्ध विशेषण
बृहद्देवासःthe great gods
बृहद्देवासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (with adjective)
Rootबृहद् (विशेषण) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
अमृतत्वम्immortality
अमृतत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअमृतत्व (प्रातिपदिक; अमृत + त्व)
आनशुःthey attained / have reached
आनशुः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ√नश् (धातु ‘प्राप्/अश्नुते’)
ज्योतीरथाःhaving light as their chariots; light-charioted
ज्योतीरथाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक) + रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
अहिमायाःwhose māyā is like a serpent / possessing serpent-like power
अहिमायाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootअहि (प्रातिपदिक) + माया (प्रातिपदिक)
अनागसःsinless; faultless
अनागसः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअनागस् (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + आगस् ‘पाप/दोष’)
दिवःof heaven / of the sky
दिवः:
Adhikaraṇa (सम्बन्ध/निर्देश) अथवा षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक ‘द्यौ/दिव्’)
वर्ष्माणम्the height; the lofty expanse
वर्ष्माणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक ‘ऊँचाई/विस्तार/उत्कर्ष’)
वसतेdwells / abides
वसते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वस् (धातु ‘वस्/निवासे’)
स्वस्तयेfor well-being; for welfare
स्वस्तये:
Sampradāna (हितार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक) → स्वस्ति- (अर्थ ‘कल्याण/सुख’)
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