Rig Veda 6.20.6: Mandala 6, Sukta 20, Mantra 6

Sukta 6.20

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र श्येनो न मदिरमंशुमस्मै शिरो दासस्य नमुचेर्मथायन् । प्रावन्नमीं साप्यं ससन्तं पृणग्राया समिषा सं स्वस्ति ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.20.6

Transliteration

prá śyénō ná madirám aṃśúm asmai śíro dāsásya námucer mathāyán | prā́van namī́ṃ sā́pyaṃ sásantaṃ pṛṇág rāyā́ sám iṣā́ sáṃ svastí ||

Translation

Wie ein aufsteigender Falke brachte er ihm die berauschende Soma-Essenz hervor und zerschmetterte das Haupt des Dāsa Namuci. Er schützte Namī, der nach rechter Stütze verlangte, und erfüllte ihn mit der Fülle des Seins — mit Reichtum, Nahrung und gesammelter Ganzheit des Wohlergehens (svasti).

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• श्येनः: the falcon (hawk)
• श्येनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येन (prātipadika)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (nipāta)

• मदिरम्: intoxicating
• मदिरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदिर (prātipadika)

• अंशुम्: the Soma-stalk / Soma (ray-like stalk)
• अंशुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशु (prātipadika)

• अस्मै: to him
• अस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronominal base)

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (prātipadika)

• दासस्य: of the Dāsa (enemy/foe)
• दासस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास (prātipadika)

• नमुचेः: of Namuci
• नमुचेः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमुचि (proper noun)

• मथायन्: churning, crushing, stirring up
• मथायन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: मथ् (धातु) → मथाय (present stem, class I) + शतृ/शानच्-type participial ending (Vedic)

• प्र: forth
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• अवन्: he helped / he favored
• अवन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (धातु, ‘to help/protect/favor’)

• अमीम्: this (her/it)
• अमीम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (pronominal base) with Vedic form अमीम्

• साप्यम्: the sāpyam (hostile/serpentine power; a sāpyá- thing)
• साप्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: साप्य (prātipadika; ‘belonging to the Sāpa/serpent/hostile being’ / ‘of the Sāpyas’ in Vedic usage)

• ससन्तम्: lying/sleeping; inert
• ससन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: सस्/संस् (धातु ‘to sleep/lie’ or ‘to be slack’; Vedic participial formation) → ससन्त (participle)

• पृणक्: he filled, he satisfied
• पृणक्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: पॄ/पृ (धातु ‘to fill, satisfy’) → पृणक् (Vedic aorist/preterite form)

• रायाः: of wealth
• रायाः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्/रायि (prātipadika ‘wealth’)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (upasarga)

• इषा: with nourishment, with refreshment
• इषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्/इषा (prātipadika ‘refreshment, nourishment’)

• सम्: together
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (upasarga)

• स्वस्ति: well-being, welfare, good fortune
• स्वस्ति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति (avyaya/prātipadika used adverbially)