Rig Veda 10.64.15: Mandala 10, Sukta 64, Mantra 15

Sukta 10.64

Rishi: Uncertain from provided excerpt alone (RV 10.64 has its own Anukramaṇī attribution; requires external index)

Devata: Bṛhaspati; Aramati (as supportive power of right thought); soma-pressing symbolism

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वि षा होत्रा विश्वमश्नोति वार्यं बृहस्पतिररमतिः पनीयसी । ग्रावा यत्र मधुषुदुच्यते बृहदवीवशन्त मतिभिर्मनीषिणः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.64.15

Transliteration

ví ṣā́ hotrā́ víśvam aśnoti vā́ryaṁ bṛ́haspátir arámatíḥ panī́yasī | grā́vā yátra madhusúd ucyáte bṛhád avī́vaśanta matíbhir manī́ṣiṇaḥ ||

Translation

Weitreichend ist dieses priesterliche Wirken: es erlangt jedes begehrenswerte Gut—Bṛhaspati und die höchst bewundernswerte Aramati. Wo der Pressstein „honigpressend“ genannt wird, dort ließen die Seher durch ihre Gedanken das Weite ertönen und weckten in uns das große Wort.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, forth (intensifier/prefix)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• षा: indeed, surely
• षा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: षा (particle; Vedic) / cf. सा (emphatic)

• होत्रा: the Hotrā (priestly function/invocation)
• होत्रा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (prātipadika)

• विश्वम्: everything, the whole (all)
• विश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: विश्व (prātipadika)

• अश्नोति: attains, reaches, obtains
• अश्नोति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु) ‘to reach, obtain, attain’

• वार्यम्: the choice good, desirable wealth
• वार्यम्: Karma (apposition to विश्वम् / object of अश्नोति)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: वार्य (prātipadika) < वर्/वृ ‘to choose’ (desirable/choice)

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: बृहस्पति (prātipadika)

• अरमतिः: devotion/zeal; Aramati (personified devotion)
• अरमतिः: Kartā (co-subject/apposition with बृहस्पतिः in Vedic style)
• Type: Noun (abstract; also personified)
• Root: अरमति (prātipadika)

• पनीयसी: more admirable, more lovely
• पनीयसी: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier of अरमतिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पनीयस् (comparative prātipadika) < पव/पू ‘to purify’ / पन ‘to admire’ (Vedic ‘lovely, admirable’)

• ग्रावा: the pressing-stone (for Soma)
• ग्रावा: Adhikaraṇa/ Kartā (subject of following clause; ‘the pressing-stone’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रावन् (prātipadika)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (indeclinable)

• मधुषु: in the sweet (draughts), among honeyed (juices)
• मधुषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (prātipadika)

• उच्यते: is uttered, is spoken
• उच्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) ‘to speak, utter’

• बृहत्: the great (chant/word)
• बृहत्: Karma (of passive: ‘what is uttered’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् (prātipadika) < बृह् ‘to grow, be great’

• अवीवशन्त: they strove/eagerly sought; they made (it) resound (contextual)
• अवीवशन्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीवश् / वश् (धातु) ‘to wish, strive for; to make eager’ (intensive/reduplicated aorist-like form in RV usage)

• मतिभिः: with thoughts, with devotions
• मतिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (prātipadika)

• मनीषिणः: the wise (men), the inspired thinkers
• मनीषिणः: Kartā (subject of अवीवशन्त)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मनीषिन् (prātipadika)