Rig Veda 5.70.3: Mandala 5, Sukta 70, Mantra 3
Sukta 5.70
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (hymnic context) with Rudra-epithet emphasis on protective force
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पातं नो रुद्रा पायुभिरुत त्रायेथां सुत्रात्रा । तुर्याम दस्यून्तनूभिः ॥
Transliteration
pātáṃ no rudrā pāyúbhir utá trāyethāṃ su-trā́trā | turyā́ma dasyū́ṃ tanū́bhiḥ ||
Translation
Protect us, O Rudras, with your guardianships; and save us, O good saviours. May we, with our embodied powers, overpass and defeat the dasyus—the obstructing darknesses.
Word by Word
पातम्protect (you two)!
पातम्:
क्रिया (आज्ञा) — कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः: रुद्रा (सम्बोधन-द्विवचन)
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु, ‘रक्षणे’)
नःus / our
नः:
सम्प्रदान (to us) / सम्बन्ध (our) — रक्षणक्रियायाः
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रुद्राO two Rudras!
रुद्रा:
सम्बोधन (addressed agent) — पातम्/त्रायेथाम् इत्यस्य कर्तृ
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पायुभिःwith (your) protectors/guards
पायुभिः:
करण (instrument/means) — ‘with protectors/guards’
TypeNoun
Rootपायु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘रक्षक/संरक्षक’)
उतand / also
उत:
समुच्चय/अन्वय (connective particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
त्रायेथाम्save/protect (you two)!
त्रायेथाम्:
क्रिया (आज्ञा) — कर्तृ: रुद्रा
TypeVerb
Rootत्रा (धातु, ‘रक्षणे/त्राणे’)
सुत्रात्राO two good saviours!
सुत्रात्रा:
सम्बोधन (epithet of the addressed deities)
TypeNoun/Adjective (vocative)
Rootसु-त्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सु’ उपसर्ग + त्रातृ ‘saviour’)
तुर्याम(that we may) overcome
तुर्याम:
कर्म/फल (object-goal of the wish: ‘overcoming’)
TypeAdjective (predicative)
Rootतुर्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘overcoming, conquering’)
दस्यून्the Dasyus / hostile foes
दस्यून्:
कर्म (object) — ‘whom to overcome’
TypeNoun
Rootदस्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
तनूभिःwith (our) bodies / with our persons
तनूभिः:
करण (instrument/means) — ‘with (our/your) bodies/persons’
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘body, person, self’)
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