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Rig Veda 6.45.24: Mandala 6, Sukta 45, Mantra 24

Sukta 6.45

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

कुवित्सस्य प्र हि व्रजं गोमन्तं दस्युहा गमत् । शचीभिरप नो वरत् ॥

kuvít sasya prá hí vrájaṃ gómatam dasyú-hā́ gámat | śácībhir ápa no varat ||

لِيَأْتِ حَقًّا—هُوَ قَاتِلُ الدَّاسْيُو—إِلَى حَظِيرَةِ الْبَقَرِ الْغَنِيَّةِ بِالنُّورِ؛ وَبِـ«شَچِي» (قُدْرَاتِهِ وَمَهَارَتِهِ الْوَاعِيَةِ) لِيَدْفَعْ عَنَّا مَا يَصُدُّ وَيَعُوقُ.

कुवित्whether? perhaps?
कुवित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकु (प्रश्नार्थक-प्रातिपदिक/निपात) + वित् (निपात) → कुवित्
स्यof him/its
स्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootस (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
हिindeed, surely
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
व्रजम्enclosure; cattle-pen; fold
व्रजम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootव्रज (प्रातिपदिक)
गोमन्तम्rich in cows; having cattle
गोमन्तम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगोमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; गो + मन्त्)
दस्युहाslayer of the Dasyu
दस्युहा:
कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदस्युहन् (प्रातिपदिक; दस्यु + हन्)
गमत्may he go/come
गमत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
शचीभिःwith powers/skills (effective means)
शचीभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootशची (प्रातिपदिक)
अपaway, off
अप:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
नःof us/our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वरत्may he avert/turn away
वरत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (धातु; ‘to choose/ward off/turn’—Vedic usage here ‘to avert/turn away’)

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