Rig Veda 10.63.16: Mandala 10, Sukta 63, Mantra 16

Sukta 10.63

Rishi: Plati lineage

Devata: Svasti (as an invoked Power), with divine guardianship (deva-gopā)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī (uncertain; requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स्वस्तिरिद्धि प्रपथे श्रेष्ठा रेक्णस्वत्यभि या वाममेति । सा नो अमा सो अरणे नि पातु स्वावेशा भवतु देवगोपा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.63.16

Transliteration

svastír ídd hí prápathe śréṣṭhā rékṇasvaty abhí yā́ vāmám éti | sā́ no amā́ só araṇé ní pātu svāveśā́ bhavatu devágopā ||

Translation

For well-being indeed is best upon the forward path, rich in plenitude, moving toward the desirable good. May she protect us here and in the far places, may she guard us in the wilderness; may she become for us an easy dwelling, guarded by the gods.

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Word by Word

• स्वस्तिः: well-being, welfare
• स्वस्तिः: कर्तृ (आशीर्वचन/विधेय-नाम) अथवा भाववाचक-विषय
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति- (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + अस्ति)

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात) < इद्/इति-प्रभव

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• प्रपथे: on the (forward) path, on the journey
• प्रपथे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपथ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रेष्ठा: best, most excellent
• श्रेष्ठा: कर्तृ/विधेय-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ- (प्रातिपदिक; श्रेयस्-तमा)

• रेक्णस्वती: possessing wealth
• रेक्णस्वती: कर्तृ/विधेय-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रेक्णस्-वत् (प्रातिपदिक; रेक्णस् ‘wealth’ + वत्)

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

• या: which (she)
• या: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वामम्: good, boon, desirable thing
• वामम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वाम- (प्रातिपदिक)

• एति: goes, comes
• एति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• सा: she (that)
• सा: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (प्रार्थ्य-लाभार्थ)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अमा: at home, nearby
• अमा: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अमा (अव्यय; ‘at home/near’)

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अरणे: in the wilderness / in danger
• अरणे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘open/unsafe place, wilderness’)

• नि: down, fully
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• पातु: may (he) protect
• पातु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु; ‘to protect’)

• स्वावेशा: granting good access/settlement
• स्वावेशा: कर्तृ/विधेय-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-आवेश- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good entry/settling’)

• भवतु: may (she/it) be
• भवतु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• देवगोपाः: protected by the gods / having gods as guardians
• देवगोपाः: कर्तृ/विधेय-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: देव-गोप- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘god-protector/guarded by gods’)