Mantra 12
Sukta 6.50
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) lineage (traditional attribution for RV 6.50)
Devata: Viśvedevas / collective invocation of multiple deities for protection and increase
Chandas: Jagatī (probable for this section; requires metrical verification by syllable count in a critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ते नो रुद्रः सरस्वती सजोषा मीळ्हुष्मन्तो विष्णुर्मृळन्तु वायुः । ऋभुक्षा वाजो दैव्यो विधाता पर्जन्यावाता पिप्यतामिषं नः ॥
Transliteration
té no rudráḥ sárasvatī sajóṣā mīḷhúṣmanto víṣṇur mṛḷantu vāyúḥ | ṛbhukṣā́ vājó daivyó vidhātā́ párjanyāvātā pipyatām íṣaṃ naḥ ||
Translation
May Rudra and Sarasvatī, in one accord, be gracious to us; may Viṣṇu, full of fostering power, and Vāyu soothe and set us in right movement. May Ṛbhukṣā and Vāja, and the divine Disposer who arranges the workings, and Parjanya together with the Winds, increase for us the inner impulsion of nourishment and strength (iṣ).
Word by Word
तेthey (those gods)
ते:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रुद्रःRudra
रुद्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सरस्वतीSarasvatī
सरस्वती:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
सजोषाःin concord / united
सजोषाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसजोषस् (प्रातिपदिक; सह-जोष ‘in concord/companionship’)
मीळ्हुष्मन्तःbounteous, gracious
मीळ्हुष्मन्तः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootमीळ्हुष्मन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bountiful/beneficent’)
विष्णुःViṣṇu
विष्णुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
मृळन्तुmay they be gracious / show mercy
मृळन्तु:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमृळ् (धातु; ‘to be gracious, to show mercy’)
वायुःVāyu (Wind)
वायुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवायु (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋभुक्षाःṚbhukṣā (one of the Ṛbhus)
ऋभुक्षाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋभुक्षन्/ऋभुक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; ऋभु-सम्बद्धः देवः)
वाजःVāja (a divine power/name; ‘prize, strength’)
वाजः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक)
दैव्यःdivine
दैव्यः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootदैव्य (प्रातिपदिक; देव-सम्बन्धी)
विधाताthe Ordainer / Disposer
विधाता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवि-धा (धातु) → विधातृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ‘disposer/ordainer’)
पर्जन्यParjanya (Rain-god)
पर्जन्य:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपर्जन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
आवाताthe blowing wind / breeze
आवाता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआ-वात (धातु/प्रातिपदिक; ‘blowing, breeze’; यहाँ नामरूपेण)
पिप्यताम्may (they) swell / become full
पिप्यताम्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्यै/पि (धातु; ‘to swell, to be full, to thrive’)
इषम्nourishment, refreshment
इषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइष्/इषा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘refreshment, nourishment, strength’)
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)