Rig Veda 1.6.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 9

Sukta 1.6

Rishi: Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra (traditional attribution for RV 1.1–1.11; hymn RV 1.6 commonly ascribed to him)

Devata: Indra (with the Indra-invocation context of RV 1.6; verse calls the all-moving Indra to the rite)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 x 8 syllables; typical for early Indra hymns in Mandala 1)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अतः परिज्मन्ना गहि दिवो वा रोचनादधि । समस्मिन्नृञ्जते गिरः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.6.9

Transliteration

átaḥ parijmánnā́ gahi divó vā rocanā́d ádhi | sám asmin ṛñjate gíraḥ ||

Translation

فلذلك، يا من يسير من كلِّ جانب، تعالَ إلى هنا—إمّا من عالم السماء المضيء، أو من مجاله المتلألئ في العلوّ؛ ففي هذا تُنسَّق الكلماتُ الموحاة وتُهَيَّأ لك.

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Word by Word

• अतः: from here; hence
• अतः: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अदस्/इदम्-प्रातिपदिक से अव्यय) अथवा ‘अतः’ अव्यय

• परिज्मन्ना: with the circumferential/encircling (wheel/rim); with the felly
• परिज्मन्ना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (instrumental) / epithet
• Root: परिज्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) < परि-√ज्मा/ज्मन् (परिभ्रमण/परिवेष्टन-भाव)

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• गहि: come!
• गहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गच्छति)

• दिवः: of heaven; of the sky
• दिवः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौः (प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or; or else
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• रोचनात्: from the bright realm; from the shining region
• रोचनात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोचन (प्रातिपदिक) < √रुच् (दीप्तौ)

• अधि: upon; from above
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सम्: together; wholly
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अस्मिन्: in this (one/thing/place)
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋञ्जते: they arrange/adorn
• ऋञ्जते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋञ्ज् (अलङ्कारे/प्रसाधने/रञ्जने; ‘to set in order, adorn, arrange’)

• गिरः: songs; hymns; praises
• गिरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)