Rig Veda 1.118.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 118, Mantra 6

Sukta 1.118

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa (traditional)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उद्वन्दनमैरतं दंसनाभिरुद्रेभं दस्रा वृषणा शचीभिः । निष्टौग्र्यं पारयथः समुद्रात्पुनश्च्यवानं चक्रथुर्युवानम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.118.6

Transliteration

úd vándanam airataṁ daṁsanā́bhir úd rebháṁ dasrā vṛṣaṇā śácībhiḥ | níṣ ṭaugryáṁ pārayathaḥ samudrā́t púnar cyávānaṁ cakrathur yúvānam ||

Translation

Ihr habt Vandanā durch eure kunstvollen Kräfte emporgehoben; ihr habt Rebha erhoben, o wundersam Starke, durch wirksame Energien. Ihr habt Taugri aus der Meerestiefe heil hinübergebracht und habt Cyavāna wieder jung gemacht.

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Word by Word

• उद्: up, out
• उद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग) / ud

• वन्दनम्: praise, act of worship
• वन्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: √वन्द् (वन्दते) / vand

• ऐरतम्: swift/impetuous (as a rushing act/stream of praise)
• ऐरतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐरत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘एर/इर’ से) / airata

• दंसनाभिः: with wondrous powers/deeds
• दंसनाभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दंसना (प्रातिपदिक) / daṃsanā

• उद्: up, forth
• उद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग) / ud

• रेभम्: Rebha (name of a seer/person)
• रेभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेभ (प्रातिपदिक) / rebha

• दस्रा: O Dasras (Aśvins), wondrous ones
• दस्रा: —
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: दस्र (प्रातिपदिक) / dasra

• वृषणा: O two mighty/bull-like ones
• वृषणा: —
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वृषण (प्रातिपदिक) / vṛṣaṇa

• शचीभिः: with powers, with skillful means
• शचीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची (प्रातिपदिक) / śacī

• निः: out, forth
• निः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग) / nis

• तौग्र्यम्: Tugra’s son (Bhujyu), the Taugra
• तौग्र्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तौग्र्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘तुग्र’ से) / taugrya

• पारयथः: you two carried across, saved
• पारयथः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ/पॄ (पारयति) / pāray

• समुद्रात्: from the sea
• समुद्रात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) / samudra

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः / punar

• च्यवानम्: Cyavāna (the sage)
• च्यवानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: च्यवान (प्रातिपदिक; √च्यु ‘to fall/move’) / cyavāna

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च / ca

• चक्रथुः: you two made
• चक्रथुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति) / kṛ

• युवानम्: young
• युवानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युवन् (प्रातिपदिक) / yuvan