Rig Veda 6.28.7: Mandala 6, Sukta 28, Mantra 7

Sukta 6.28

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Gāvaḥ (Rays/Cows); Rudra invoked apotropaically

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रजावतीः सूयवसं रिशन्तीः शुद्धा अपः सुप्रपाणे पिबन्तीः । मा वः स्तेन ईशत माघशंसः परि वो हेती रुद्रस्य वृज्याः ॥

Transliteration

prajā́vatīḥ su-yávasaṃ riśántīḥ śuddhā́ ápaḥ su-prapāṇé píbantīḥ | mā vaḥ stená īśata mā́gha-śaṃsaḥ pári vo hetī́ rudrásya vṛjyāḥ ||

Translation

হে ৰশ্মিসকল, প্ৰজাসমৃদ্ধা, সুভূমিৰ ঘাঁহ চৰি, সুপান-স্থলত শুদ্ধ জল পান কৰা—তোমালোকৰ ওপৰত কোনো চোৰে আধিপত্য নকৰক, কোনো দুষ্ট-নিন্দকে প্ৰবল নহওক। তোমালোকৰ চাৰিওফালে ৰুদ্ৰৰ হেতি (অস্ত্ৰ-মিসাইল) দূৰলৈ ঘূৰি আঁতৰি যাওক।

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Word by Word

• प्रजावतीः: having offspring, fruitful
• प्रजावतीः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रजा-वत् (प्रजाः + -वत्)

• सूयवसम्: good fodder/abundant pasture
• सूयवसम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally)
• Root: सु-यवस- (यवस् ‘fodder/grass’)

• रिशन्तीः: being harmed / suffering
• रिशन्तीः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (present participle)
• Root: √रिश् (रिशति ‘to be harmed/ to suffer injury’)

• शुद्धाः: pure
• शुद्धाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध- (ppp of √शुध्/√शुच् ‘to purify/ be pure’)

• अपः: waters
• अपः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्- (waters)

• सु-प्रपाणे: at a good watering-place
• सु-प्रपाणे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सु-प्रपाण- (प्रपाण ‘drinking-place, watering-trough’)

• पिबन्तीः: drinking
• पिबन्तीः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (present participle)
• Root: √पा (पिबति ‘to drink’)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable (prohibitive particle)
• Root: मा

• वः: of you / your
• वः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• स्तेनः: a thief
• स्तेनः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तेन-

• ईशत: may (he) have power over / may control
• ईशत: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ईश् (ईष्टे/ईशते ‘to rule, have power’)

• माघशंसः: the evil-speaker / malicious praiser (i.e., wrongdoer)
• माघशंसः: कर्तृ (apposition to स्तेनः)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: माघ-शंस- (माघ ‘bountiful gift’ + शंस ‘praise/renown’; also ‘one who speaks ill’ in context)

• परि: around, away from
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: परि

• वः: you
• वः: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• हेती: missile, weapon, blow
• हेती: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेति-

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra
• रुद्रस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: रुद्र-

• वृज्याः: may you ward off / avert
• वृज्याः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृज् (वृजति ‘to ward off, remove’)