Rig Veda 6.72.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 72, Mantra 4
Sukta 6.72
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (traditional)
Devata: Indra and Soma
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इन्द्रासोमा पक्वमामास्वन्तर्नि गवामिद्दधथुर्वक्षणासु । जगृभथुरनपिनद्धमासु रुशच्चित्रासु जगतीष्वन्तः ॥
Transliteration
indrā́somā pakvám āmā́sv antár ní gavā́m íd dadhathur vakṣáṇāsu | jagṛbháthur anapi-naddhám ā́su rúśac citrā́su jágatīṣv antáḥ ||
Translation
يا إندرا وسوما، في غير الناضج تُثبتان النضج؛ وتضعان الأشعةَ (الأبقار) في حظائرها. وتقبضان على ما لم يُوثَق، متلألئين في العوالم المتحركة الكثيرة الألوان، في باطنها.
Word by Word
इन्द्रासोमाO Indra and Soma
इन्द्रासोमा:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र + सोम (प्रातिपदिक) (द्वन्द्व-समास)
पक्वम्the ripe (one), ripened (thing)
पक्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपक्व (कृदन्त/विशेषण; √पच् ‘to cook, ripen’)
आमासुamong the unripe (ones)
आमासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootआम (विशेषण/प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तःwithin, inside
अन्तः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तर् (अव्यय/उपसर्गीय-प्रयोग)
निdown, into; (as preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग)
गवाम्of the cows
गवाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive) / Adhikaraṇa-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (निपात; emphatic)
दधथुःyou two placed/put
दधथुः:
Kartā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धातु) ‘to place, put’
वक्षणासुin the cattle-stalls/enclosures
वक्षणासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवक्षणा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘stall/enclosure/pen’, esp. for cattle)
जगृभथुःyou two seized/took
जगृभथुः:
Kartā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ग्रह् (धातु) ‘to seize, take’
अनपिनद्धम्unfastened, not bound
अनपिनद्धम्:
Karma (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन- + पिनद्ध (कृदन्त; √पिध्/√पिनध् ‘to bind, fasten, shut’)
आसुin/among these
आसु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रुशत्shining, bright
रुशत्:
Karma (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
TypeAdjective
Rootरुशत् (विशेषण; present participle from √रुश्/√रुच् ‘to shine, be bright’)
चित्रासुamong the variegated/bright (ones)
चित्रासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
जगतीषुin the moving worlds/among the jagatīs
जगतीषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootजगती (प्रातिपदिक; ‘jagatī’—(i) moving beings/worlds; (ii) Jagatī-metre; here loc. pl.)
अन्तःwithin, inside
अन्तः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तर् (अव्यय)
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