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Rig Veda 10.66.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 66, Mantra 3

Sukta 10.66

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (probable; requires Anukramaṇī confirmation for RV 10.66)
Devata: Composite protective invocation: Indra+Vasus, Aditi+Ādityas, Rudra+Rudras, Tvaṣṭṛ (+gnāḥ)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

इन्द्रो वसुभिः परि पातु नो गयमादित्यैर्नो अदितिः शर्म यच्छतु । रुद्रो रुद्रेभिर्देवो मृळयाति नस्त्वष्टा नो ग्नाभिः सुविताय जिन्वतु ॥

índro vásubhiḥ pári pātu no gáyam ādityái rno áditiḥ śárma yacchatu | rudró rudrébhir devó mṛḷayāti nas tváṣṭā no gnā́bhiḥ suvitā́ya jinvatu ||

May Indra with the Vasus guard our vital being; may Aditi with the Ādityas grant us shelter. May Rudra with the Rudras show us mercy; may Tvaṣṭṛ with his shaping powers quicken us toward the right going and the good passage.

इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वसुभिःwith the Vasus
वसुभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround, all around
परि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि
पातुmay (he) protect
पातु:
TypeVerb
Rootपा (पाने/रक्षणे) धातु
नःus / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
गयम्Gaya (name of a person/place; prosperity/abode in context)
गयम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootगय (प्रातिपदिक)
आदित्यैःwith the Ādityas
आदित्यैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नःus / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अदितिःAditi
अदितिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
शर्मshelter, comfort
शर्म:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
यच्छतुmay (she) grant
यच्छतु:
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (यच्छति) धातु
रुद्रःRudra
रुद्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
रुद्रेभिःwith the Rudras
रुद्रेभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
देवःthe god
देवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
मृळयातिshows mercy, makes gracious
मृळयाति:
TypeVerb
Rootमृळ्/मृड् (मृळयति) धातु
नःus
नः:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
त्वष्टाTvaṣṭṛ
त्वष्टा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootत्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
नःus / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
ग्नाभिःwith the divine women (wives/ladies)
ग्नाभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootग्ना (प्रातिपदिक)
सुवितायfor good passage/welfare
सुविताय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootसुवित (प्रातिपदिक)
जिन्वतुmay (he) quicken/impel, prosper
जिन्वतु:
TypeVerb
Rootजिव्/जिन्व् (जिन्वति) धातु

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