Rig Veda 1.102.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 102, Mantra 6

Sukta 1.102

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

गोजिता बाहू अमितक्रतुः सिमः कर्मन्कर्मञ्छतमूतिः खजंकरः । अकल्प इन्द्रः प्रतिमानमोजसाथा जना वि ह्वयन्ते सिषासवः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.102.6

Transliteration

gojítā bāhū́ amítakratuḥ simáḥ kárman-karman śatámūtiḥ khajaṃkaráḥ | akálpa índraḥ pratímānam ójasā́ athā́ jánā ví hvayante sisā́savaḥ ||

Translation

Deine Arme gewinnen die leuchtenden Herden; dein Entschluss ist maßlos. Tat um Tat bist du der vielgestaltige Helfer, der Zerschläger harter Knoten. Indra ist ohnegleichen, ein Maßstab durch seine Kraft; darum rufen die Menschen dich auf mancherlei Weise an, begehrend zu gewinnen.

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Word by Word

• गो॒जिता॑: cow-winning, winner of cows
• गो॒जिता॑: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृपदस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गो-जित् (√जि ‘to conquer’ + गो ‘cow’)

• बा॒हू: (his) two arms
• बा॒हू: Karaṇa (बल/साहाय्य-रूपेण; ‘with (his) two arms’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु

• अमि॑तक्रतुः: of immeasurable might/resolve
• अमि॑तक्रतुः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित-क्रतु (अमित ‘unmeasured’ + क्रतु ‘power, resolve’)

• सि॒मः: strong, firm
• सि॒मः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘strong/firm’—वेदिक विशेषण)

• कर्म॑न्: in (each) deed, in action
• कर्म॑न्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्

• कर्म॑न्: in deed after deed
• कर्म॑न्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्

• श॒तमू॑तिः: having a hundred helps; richly aiding
• श॒तमू॑तिः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-मूति (शत ‘hundred’ + मूति/ऊति ‘help, aid’)

• खजंकरः: the shaker/striker; causing trembling
• खजंकरः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खजं-कर (खजं ‘shaking/striking’ + कर ‘doer/maker’, √कृ)

• अ॒क॒ल्पः: incomparable, matchless
• अ॒क॒ल्पः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकल्प (न-कल्प ‘not to be matched/without equal’; √कॢप्/कल्प ‘to be fit, to be comparable’)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र

• प्रति॒मानम्: a counterpart, a match
• प्रति॒मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिमान

• ओजसा: by/with strength
• ओजसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस्

• अथ: then, thereafter
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• जनाः: people, men
• जनाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन

• वि: apart, forth (intensifier/distributive)
• वि: —
• Type: Preverb/Indeclinable
• Root: वि

• ह्वयन्ते: they call/invoke
• ह्वयन्ते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वे (ह्वयति/ह्वयते ‘to call, invoke’)

• सिषासवः: desirous (of gain), eager seekers
• सिषासवः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सिषासु (desiderative adj. from √शास्/√सह?; RV usage: ‘seeking to win/obtain, eager’)