Rig Veda 10.35.12: Mandala 10, Sukta 35, Mantra 12

Sukta 10.35

Rishi: Unknown/varied attributions in tradition for RV 10.35; commonly associated with dawn/fire imagery (check specific Anukramaṇī for exact seer)

Devata: Viśvedevāḥ / Ādityas with Agni as the operative inner power

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; requires full hymn metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तन्नो देवा यच्छत सुप्रवाचनं छर्दिरादित्याः सुभरं नृपाय्यम् । पश्वे तोकाय तनयाय जीवसे स्वस्त्यग्निं समिधानमीमहे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.35.12

Transliteration

tán no devā yacchata supravācanáṃ chardír ādityāḥ subháraṃ nṛpāyyám | paśvé tokā́ya tanayā́ya jīváse svastí agníṃ samidhānám īmahe ||

Translation

O Gods, grant us that well-speaking utterance, that shelter of the Ādityas—easy to bear and fit to guard the inner kingdom. For our energies, for the child-soul and its growth, for the very power to live, we seek the kind auspiciousness by kindling Agni, the Divine Will, within us.

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Word by Word

• तत्: that (boon/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: O gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• यच्छत: grant! bestow!
• यच्छत: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (यच्छति) धातु

• सुप्रवाचनम्: well-to-be-spoken (good utterance/benediction)
• सुप्रवाचनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: सु- + प्रवाचन (प्रातिपदिक; √वच् से ‘प्रवचन/उच्चारण’)

• छर्दिः: shelter, protection
• छर्दिः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: छर्दिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आदित्याः: O Ādityas
• आदित्याः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुभरम्: well-bearing, bringing good support
• सुभरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + भर (प्रातिपदिक; √भृ ‘to bear/carry’)

• नृपाय्यम्: fit for men’s protection / protective for people
• नृपाय्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृपाय्य (प्रातिपदिक; नृ- ‘man’ + पाय्य ‘protective/fit for protection’, from √पा ‘to protect’)

• पश्वे: for cattle
• पश्वे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• तोकाय: for offspring (child)
• तोकाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• तनयाय: for progeny/son
• तनयाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीवसे: for life, for living
• जीवसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवस् (प्रातिपदिक; abstract from √जीव् ‘to live’)

• स्वस्ति: well-being, auspiciously
• स्वस्ति: (भाव/आशीः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति (अव्यय/निपात)

• अग्निम्: Agni
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• समिधानम्: being kindled / kindled
• समिधानम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: सम्-इध् (√इध् ‘to kindle’) → समिधान (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ-प्राय; ‘being kindled’)

• ईमहे: we seek / we implore
• ईमहे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच्/ई (वैदिक: √ई ‘to seek, request, implore’)