Rig Veda 10.11.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 11, Mantra 6

Sukta 10.11

Rishi: Traditional: often attributed within RV 10.11 to a seer of the late Maṇḍala 10 corpus (exact r̥ṣi uncertain from provided data)

Devata: Agni/sacrificial power with Bhaga invoked; ancestral Fathers addressed

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उदीरय पितरा जार आ भगमियक्षति हर्यतो हृत्त इष्यति । विवक्ति वह्निः स्वपस्यते मखस्तविष्यते असुरो वेपते मती ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.11.6

Transliteration

udī́raya pitarā jārā́ ā́ bhágam íyakṣati haryató hṛttá iṣyati | vívakti váhniḥ svapasyáte mákhas taviṣyáte ásuro vépate matī́ ||

Translation

Erwacht, o Väter: der Liebende tritt hervor; er trachtet danach, Bhaga zu gewinnen. Der Eifrige, im Herzen erregt, drängt voran. Der Träger der Opfergabe unterscheidet; er wirkt geschickt; die Kraft des Opferwerks erstarkt; die asurische Macht erzittert im Denken.

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Word by Word

• उदीरय: raise, rouse (you)
• उदीरय: (predicate; governs object)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-ईरय (caus. of √ईर्/√ईर ‘to set in motion, raise’)

• पितरौ: the two Fathers (parents/ancestral pair)
• पितरौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ-

• जारः: the lover, wooer
• जारः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जार-

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: (directional modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (preverb) / ā (indeclinable)

• भगम्: Bhaga; fortune, share
• भगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग-

• इयक्षति: seeks to worship/sacrifice to; desires to obtain by sacrifice
• इयक्षति: (predicate; takes object)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यज् (with desiderative/reduplicated present stem iyakṣa-)

• हर्यतः: of the eager one / of the desirous
• हर्यतः: (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Participle-like adjective
• Root: हर्यत्- (from √हृ/हर् ‘to desire, be eager’; adj. ‘eager, desirous’)

• हृत्ते: in the heart
• हृत्ते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद्- (Vedic loc./instr. forms; here as locative singular ‘in the heart’)

• इष्यति: strives, hastens, seeks
• इष्यति: (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष् (‘to seek, strive, impel’)

• विवक्ति: speaks forth, utters distinctly
• विवक्ति: (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (‘to speak, utter’) with vi-

• वह्निः: the bearer; (often) Agni/priestly fire
• वह्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि-

• स्वपस्यते: is active/works with skill; performs service
• स्वपस्यते: (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पस्/√पश्य? (Vedic verb svapasy- ‘to be active/skillful, do service’)

• मखः: the sacrifice; sacrificial rite
• मखः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख-

• तविष्यते: grows strong, becomes mighty
• तविष्यते: (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तव् (‘to be strong, mighty’)

• असुरः: the Asura; lordly being
• असुरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर-

• वेपते: trembles, quivers
• वेपते: (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वेप् (‘to tremble, quiver’)

• मती: with thought; with hymn/intent
• मती: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मती- (from √मन् ‘to think’; ‘thought, hymn, intention’)