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Rig Veda 10.37.10: Mandala 10, Sukta 37, Mantra 10

Sukta 10.37

Rishi: Kumāra Ātreya (traditional; verify per anukramaṇī)
Devata: Sūrya
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

शं नो भव चक्षसा शं नो अह्ना शं भानुना शं हिमा शं घृणेन । यथा शमध्वञ्छमसद्दुरोणे तत्सूर्य द्रविणं धेहि चित्रम् ॥

śáṃ no bhava cákṣasā śáṃ no ahnā́ śáṃ bhānúnā śáṃ himā́ śáṃ ghṛṇéna | yáthā śám adhváñ chám ásad duróṇe tát sūrya dráviṇaṃ dhehi citrám ||

Be for us peace by thy seeing, peace by the day, peace by thy ray, peace by the cold, peace by thy warmth and glow. So that there is peace on the journey and peace in the home—O Sun, place in us a manifold treasure of being.

शम्auspiciously; well
शम्:
— (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक; PIE *ḱem- ‘peace/comfort’)
नःfor us; our
नः:
Sampradāna (हितार्थे ‘for us’) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
भवbe; become
भव:
— (आज्ञा; कर्ता = त्वम्/सूर्यः)
TypeVerb
Rootभू
चक्षसाwith (your) eye; with sight
चक्षसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक) / √चक्ष् ‘to see’ (नामधातु-सम्बन्ध)
शम्auspiciously
शम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशम् (अव्यय)
नःfor us
नः:
Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अह्नाwith the day; by day
अह्ना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
शम्auspiciously
शम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशम् (अव्यय)
भानुनाwith (your) beam; with radiance
भानुना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootभानु (प्रातिपदिक)
शम्auspiciously
शम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशम् (अव्यय)
हिमाwith cold; with frost
हिमा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootहिम (प्रातिपदिक)
शम्auspiciously
शम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशम् (अव्यय)
घृणेनwith glow/heat; with warmth
घृणेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootघृणि/घृण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘heat, glow, ardor’)
यथाso that; in such a way that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
शम्safely; well
शम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशम् (अव्यय)
अध्वन्the path; journey
अध्वन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
शम्safely
शम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशम् (अव्यय)
असत्may (it) be; may (you) be present
असत्:
— (क्रिया; कर्ता = त्वम्/सूर्यः)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू-अर्थे)
दुरोणेin the house; in the dwelling
दुरोणे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदुरोण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘house, dwelling’)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (object of धेहि)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
सूर्यO Sun
सूर्य:
सम्बोधन (कर्ता-आह्वान)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
द्रविणम्wealth; treasure
द्रविणम्:
Karma (apposition to तत्)
TypeNoun
Rootद्रविण (प्रातिपदिक)
धेहिplace; bestow
धेहि:
— (कर्तृ = त्वम्/सूर्यः; कर्म = तत्/द्रविणम्)
TypeVerb
Root√धा
चित्रम्bright; splendid; wondrous
चित्रम्:
Karma (as qualifier of the object)
TypeAdjective
Rootचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

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