Rig Veda 1.22.11 — Mandala 1, Sukta 22, Mantra 11

Sukta 1.22

Devata: Devīḥ / Nṛpatnīḥ (group of goddesses; ritual feminine powers)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि नो देवीरवसा महः शर्मणा नृपत्नीः । अच्छिन्नपत्राः सचन्ताम् ॥

Transliteration

abhí no devī́r avásā máhaḥ śármaṇā nṛpátnīḥ | ácchinnapatrāḥ sacantām ||

Translation

अभि नो देवीरवसा महः शर्मणा नृपत्नीः । अच्छिन्नपत्राः सचन्ताम् ॥

Word by Word

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us) [semantic]
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• देवीः: the goddesses
• देवीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (देव- + ई; स्त्री.)

• अवसा: with help / by protection
• अवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (नपुंसक/पुं. ‘help, protection’)

• महः: of the great
• महः: —
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: महत् (विशेषण/नाम ‘great’)

• शर्मणा: with shelter / with protection
• शर्मणा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन् (नपुंसक ‘shelter, comfort, protection’)

• नृपत्नीः: (as) ladies/consorts of men (protectresses)
• नृपत्नीः: Kartā (appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपत्नी (नृप + पत्नी; स्त्री.)

• अच्छिन्नपत्राः: with uncut wings/leaves (unmutilated)
• अच्छिन्नपत्राः: Kartā (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-च्छिन्न-पत्र (नञ् + छिन्न ‘cut’ (√छिद्) + पत्र ‘wing/leaf/feather’)

• सचन्ताम्: let them accompany / let them come along
• सचन्ताम्: — (finite verb; governs subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सच् (सचते ‘to accompany, to join, to follow’)