Rig Veda 6.60.8 — Mandala 6, Sukta 60, Mantra 8

Sukta 6.60

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Indrāgnī

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

या वां सन्ति पुरुस्पृहो नियुतो दाशुषे नरा । इन्द्राग्नी ताभिरा गतम् ॥

Transliteration

yā́ vāṃ sánti puruspṛ́ho niyúto dāśúṣe narā | indrā́gnī tā́bhir ā́ gatam ||

Translation

يا إندرا وأغني، أيها البطلان: أيًّا كانت نِيُوتُكما (المطايا/الاندفاعات) المتلهِّفة، المرغوبة لدى كثيرين، المهيَّأة للواهبِ القربان—فبها أقبِلا إلينا.

Word by Word

• या: which (those)
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• वाम्: for you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• सन्ति: are
• सन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• पुरुस्पृहः: much-longed-for / greatly desired
• पुरुस्पृहः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु- + स्पृह (प्रातिपदिक; bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound sense: ‘much-desired’)

• नियुतः: yoked teams (of steeds)
• नियुतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियुत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘yoked team/paired horses’, esp. of the Aśvins; here ‘teams’)

• दाशुषे: to the worshipper / giver (offerer)
• दाशुषे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (participle used substantively)
• Root: दाश्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; perf. act. ptc. from √दाश्/√दश् ‘to worship, give, offer’)

• नरा: O two men (heroes)
• नरा: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्राग्नी: O Indra and Agni
• इन्द्राग्नी: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: इन्द्र + अग्नि (समास; द्वन्द्व)

• ताभिः: with those
• ताभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

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

• गतम्: come (you two)
• गतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु; imperative base गच्छ-; Vedic injunctive/imperative-like form)