Rig Veda 6.61.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 61, Mantra 4

Sukta 6.61

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition

Devata: Sarasvatī

Chandas: Gayatri (probable due to brevity/structure; requires meter confirmation from pada-count in full recension)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र णो देवी सरस्वती वाजेभिर्वाजिनीवती । धीनामवित्र्यवतु ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.61.4

Transliteration

pra no devī sarasvatī vājebhir vājinī-vatī | dhīnām avitrī avatu ||

Translation

प्र नो देवी सरस्वती वाजेभिर्वाजिनीवती; धीनामवित्री अवतु नः।

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

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

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (from देव-)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Kartā (apposition to देवी)
• Type: Noun (proper/theonym)
• Root: सरस्वती

• वाजेभिः: with prizes/strengths (vājás)
• वाजेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज

• वाजिनीवती: prize-bearing, rich in winning power
• वाजिनीवती: Kartā (qualifier of Sarasvatī)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाजिनीवत् (adj. stem)

• धीनाम्: of thoughts, of inspired insights
• धीनाम्: Adhikaraṇa (domain: in/among thoughts) / sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी

• अवित्र्य्: as helper/protectress
• अवित्र्य्: Kartā (epithet in apposition)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: अवितृ (agent noun from √अव् ‘to help/protect’)

• अवतु: may she help/protect
• अवतु: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अव् (अवते) ‘to help, protect’