Rig Veda 6.28.3 - Mandala 6, Sukta 28, Mantra 3

Various Rishis

Rig Veda 6.28.3: Mandala 6, Sukta 28, Mantra 3

Sukta 6.28

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (traditional attribution for Mandala 6); for 6.28 specifically: Bharadvāja lineage hymn to the Cows

Devata: Gāvaḥ (Cows as luminous powers); implicitly Indra as Gopati/Protector in the hymn-context

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas; standard for many RV 6 hymns)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न ता नशन्ति न दभाति तस्करो नासामामित्रो व्यथिरा दधर्षति । देवाँश्च याभिर्यजते ददाति च ज्योगित्ताभिः सचते गोपतिः सह ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.28.3

Transliteration

ná tā́ naśanti ná dabhāti taskaráḥ ná āsām āmitró vyáthir ā dadharṣati | devā́ṃś ca yā́bhir yájate dádāti ca jyók it tā́bhiḥ sacate gó-patiḥ sahá ||

Translation

Sie gehen nicht zugrunde; kein Dieb täuscht sie; kein Feind überwältigt sie, kein bebendes Grauen bezwingt sie. Mit eben jenen Kräften, mit denen man den Göttern opfert und auch gibt, mit ihnen weilt der Gopati, der Herr der Kühe, und verbindet sich auf immerdar.

Word by Word

नnot

ताःthose (f.)

नशन्तिperish / are destroyed

नnot

दभातिharms / deceives

तस्करःthief

नnot

आसाम्of these (them)

अमित्रःenemy

व्यथिःdistress / affliction

आtowards; upon

दधर्षतिdares / assails / overpowers

देवान्the gods

चand

याभिःwith which (f.)

यजतेworships / sacrifices

ददातिgives

चand

ज्योगित्ever; continually

ताभिःwith those (f.)

सचतेassociates / is joined

गोपतिःlord/guardian of cattle

सहtogether; with

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