Rig Veda 3.62.9: Mandala 3, Sukta 62, Mantra 9

Sukta 3.62

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional attribution for RV 3.62)

Devata: Pūṣan (as guiding/protecting solar power; within a Savitṛ-centered cluster in this sukta)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 pādas × 8 syllables; here presented as a 2-line cadence typical of RV formatting)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यो विश्वाभि विपश्यति भुवना सं च पश्यति । स नः पूषाविता भुवत् ॥

Transliteration

yó viśvā́bhi vipáśyati bhúvanā sáṃ ca páśyati | sá naḥ pūṣā́vitā bhúvat ||

Translation

He who looks with awakened vision upon all things and gathers into a single seeing the worlds and their movements—may that Pūṣan become for us the Protector and Guide.

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• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• विश्वानि: all (things)
• विश्वानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• विपश्यति: sees clearly, beholds distinctly
• विपश्यति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (दृश्) + वि-

• भुवनानि: worlds, beings/realms
• भुवनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक; from √भू ‘to be’)

• सम्: together, wholly
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (दृश्)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us, to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पूषा: Pūṣan (the god Pūṣā)
• पूषा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: पूषन् (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अविता: helper, protector
• अविता: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: अवितृ (agent noun from √अव् ‘to help/protect’)

• भुवत्: may (he) be, let (him) become
• भुवत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू