Rig Veda 8.67.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 67, Mantra 3

Sukta 8.67

Devata: Ādityas

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तेषां हि चित्रमुक्थ्यं वरूथमस्ति दाशुषे । आदित्यानामरंकृते ॥

Transliteration

teṣā́ṃ hí citrám ukthyàṃ varū́tham ásti dāśúṣe | ādityā́nām araṃ-kṛ́te ||

Translation

For theirs is a bright and speakable protection, a shelter that answers the hymn, for the giver who offers rightly—of the Ādityas who are ready to act and sufficient in their ordering power.

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Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• चित्रम्: bright, wondrous
• चित्रम्: विशेषण (of उक्थ्यम्/वरूथम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उक्थ्यम्: praiseworthy, to be hymned
• उक्थ्यम्: विशेषण (of वरूथम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक; उक्थ ‘hymn/praise’ से)

• वरूथम्: protection, shelter
• वरूथम्: कर्तृ/विषय (अस्ति का विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरूथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• दाशुषे: for the giver (worshipper)
• दाशुषे: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Noun (participle used substantively)
• Root: दाश्वस्/दाशुष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दा/√दाश् ‘to give, to worship’ से; RV में ‘दाता/यजमान’)

• आदित्यानाम्: of the Ādityas
• आदित्यानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरंकृते: when made ready / being sufficient / duly prepared
• अरंकृते: अधिकरण (locative of condition/state: ‘when/being made ready/sufficient’)
• Type: Adjective/Participle (used predicatively)
• Root: अरंकृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; अरम् + √कृ ‘to make/prepare/suffice’)