Rig Veda 10.20.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 20, Mantra 1
Sukta 10.20
Devata: Vāta / the inspiriting Breath (as carrier of bhadra)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
भद्रं नो अपि वातय मनः ॥
Transliteration
bhadráṃ no ápi vātaya mánāḥ ||
Translation
మాపై—మాలోనికి వరకు—భద్రం (మంగళం) శ్వాసగా ప్రవహించుగాక; సద్ప్రేరణ అనే కల్యాణకర వాయువుతో మా మనస్సు ప్రేరితమగుగాక.
Word by Word
भद्रम्auspicious (good thing)
भद्रम्:
कर्म (वातय—‘भद्रम्’ = what is to be caused/wafted)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / our
नः:
सम्प्रदान (beneficiary: ‘for us/our’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अपिalso; indeed
अपि:
— (particle; adds emphasis/‘also, indeed’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (निपात)
वातयwaft / cause to blow
वातय:
क्रिया (imperative: ‘cause to blow/waft’)
TypeVerb
Root√वा (वाति) → causative √वा-य (वातयति)
मनःmind
मनः:
कर्तृ (vocative-like address: ‘O mind!’ as the agent commanded)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
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