Rig Veda 10.67.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 67, Mantra 3

Sukta 10.67

Rishi: Aṅgirasa/Bṛhaspati cycle (collective narrative voice)

Devata: Bṛhaspati (primary), with ‘gāḥ’ (rays) as the recovered treasure

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm by scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

हंसैरिव सखिभिर्वावदद्भिरश्मन्मयानि नहना व्यस्यन् । बृहस्पतिरभिकनिक्रदद्गा उत प्रास्तौदुच्च विद्वाँ अगायत् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.67.3

Transliteration

haṃsáir iva sákhirbhir vā́vadadbhir aśmán-mayāni náhanā vy àsyan | bṛ́haspátir abhí-kanikradad gā́ utá prā́staut úd ca vidvā́n agāyat ||

Translation

Wie Schwäne mit rufenden Gefährten sprengten sie die steinernen Fesseln. Bṛhaspati schrie zu den Strahlen, den Kühen des Lichts; und der Wissende stimmte den Lobgesang an und sang laut empor.

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Word by Word

• हंसैः: with (like) swans
• हंसैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• सखिभिः: with friends
• सखिभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि

• वावदद्भिः: talking, chattering
• वावदद्भिः: विशेषण (करण-सम्बन्ध) / सहचर
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: वद्

• अश्मन्मयानि: stone-made (fetters/bonds)
• अश्मन्मयानि: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: अश्मन् + मयट् (मय)

• नहनानि: bindings, bonds
• नहनानि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: नह् (नह्/नह्यते) → नहन

• व्यस्यन्: he cast apart, scattered
• व्यस्यन्: कर्तृ (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (क्षेपणे/प्रक्षेपणे) + वि

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: बृहस्पति

• अभि: towards, against
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि

• कनिक्रदत्: he cried out loudly (repeatedly)
• कनिक्रदत्: कर्तृ (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रन्द् + नि (कनि-क्रद् as intensive/iterative formation)

• गाः: the cows
• गाः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• प्रास्तौत्: he praised forth, chanted
• प्रास्तौत्: कर्तृ (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु + प्र

• उच्च: and aloud/upwards
• उच्च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् + च

• विद्वान्: the knowing one, wise
• विद्वान्: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: विद् → विद्वस्

• अगायत्: he sang
• अगायत्: कर्तृ (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (गायति) / गा (गाने) + अ