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Rig Veda 1.70.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 70, Mantra 6

Sukta 1.70

Rishi: Parāśara Śāktya (traditionally for RV 1.70–1.71)
Devata: Agni (as cikitvaḥ/knower and guardian of the rite); also implicitly the divine birth (devānām janma)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (dominant meter for this section)

एता चिकित्वो भूमा नि पाहि देवानां जन्म मर्ताँश्च विद्वान् ॥

etā́ cikitvo bhū́mā ní pāhi devā́nāṃ jánma mártāṃś ca vidvā́n

O conscious Knower, guard these wide foundations within us; knowing the birth and becoming of the gods and the mortals, protect the right emergence in our being.

एताःthese (fem. pl.)
एताः:
कर्म (पा-धातोः कर्मपदम्; ‘एताः’ = ‘एतान्/एताः (स्त्री.)’ रक्ष)
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चिकित्वःO wise/knowing one
चिकित्वः:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootचिकित्वस् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘चिकित्’ = जानन्/विवेकी)
भूमO mighty one / O great one
भूम:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootभूमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
निdown, in; (as preverb)
नि:
क्रियाविशेषण (उपसर्गार्थः: ‘down/within, carefully’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
पाहिprotect!
पाहि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु; ‘रक्षणे/पालने’)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी: ‘of the gods’)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
जन्मbirth, origin, lineage
जन्म:
कर्म (पा-धातोः; ‘जन्म’ = birth/lineage to be protected)
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
मर्तान्mortals
मर्तान्:
कर्म (रक्षणे; ‘mortals’ as object)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
समुच्चय (coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
विद्वान्knowing, aware
विद्वान्:
कर्तृ (पाहि-क्रियायाः कर्तृ/सम्बोधितस्य विशेषणम्: ‘knowing’)
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootविद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √विद् ‘ज्ञाने’)

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