Rig Veda 6.38.1: Mandala 6, Sukta 38, Mantra 1

Sukta 6.38

Rishi: unknown (Book 6 generally Bharadvāja; not specified in input)

Devata: Indra (via indra-hūti; hymn is Indra-focused)

Chandas: likely Triṣṭubh (not verified from input alone)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अपादित उदु नश्चित्रतमो महीं भर्षद्द्युमतीमिन्द्रहूतिम् । पन्यसीं धीतिं दैव्यस्य यामञ्जनस्य रातिं वनते सुदानुः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.38.1

Transliteration

apā́d itá úd u naś citrátamo mahī́m bharṣad dyumatī́m índrahūtim | pányasīṃ dhī́tiṃ daívyasya yā́man jánasya rātíṃ vanate sudā́nuḥ ||

Translation

Von hier aufwärts steigend möge der Wunderbarste uns den weiten, lichtglänzenden Ruf zu Indra tragen – der eine wonnige Schau-Gedanke bringt. Im göttlichen Gang erringt er den Menschen die Gabe; der Gutspendende gießt die Fülle aus.

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Word by Word

• अपादितः: brought forth; produced; set in motion
• अपादितः: विशेषण (of implied subject ‘सुदानुः/इन्द्रः’)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used predicatively)
• Root: अप-आ-दा (√दा ‘to give’ with preverbs) / kṛdanta from causative sense ‘to cause to be given/produced’

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

• नः: of us; our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (possessor: ‘our’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• चित्रतमः: most brilliant; most wondrous
• चित्रतमः: विशेषण (of subject, esp. Indra)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र- (prātipadika) + तमप् (superlative)

• महीम्: great (power/strength); greatness
• महीम्: कर्म (object of भर्षत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही- (f.)

• भर्षत्: brings; impels; bestows
• भर्षत्: क्रिया (with subject implied: Indra)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भर्ष् (to make strong/impel; in RV also ‘to bring/offer forth’)

• द्युमतीम्: splendid; radiant
• द्युमतीम्: विशेषण (of इन्द्रहूतिम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युमत्- (adj. ‘luminous, splendid’)

• इन्द्रहूतिम्: Indra-invocation; call to Indra
• इन्द्रहूतिम्: कर्म (object coordinated with महीम्; what is ‘brought/impelled’)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: इन्द्र- + हूति- (f. ‘invocation/call’)

• पन्यसीम्: praiseworthy; admirable
• पन्यसीम्: विशेषण (of धीतिम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पन्यसी- (f. ‘praiseworthy, admirable’)

• धीतिम्: prayer; inspired thought
• धीतिम्: कर्म (object of वनते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धीति- (f. ‘thought, prayer, hymn’)

• दैव्यस्य: of the divine
• दैव्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective (genitive, qualifying याम)
• Root: दैव्य- (adj. ‘divine’) used substantively

• याम्: course; rite; ordinance
• याम्: कर्म (object of वनते; coordinated with धीतिम्/रातिम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याम- (m. ‘course, going; ordinance/rite; path’)

• अञ्जनस्य: of anointing/ointment; of adornment
• अञ्जनस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive qualifier of रातिम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्जन- (n./m. ‘ointment; anointing; adornment’)

• रातिम्: gift; bounty
• रातिम्: कर्म (object of वनते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राति- (f. ‘gift, granting’)

• वनते: wins; obtains
• वनते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वन् (to win, gain, obtain)

• सुदानुः: the bountiful one; generous giver
• सुदानुः: कर्तृ (subject of वनते; ‘the bountiful one’—Indra)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: सु- + दानु- (m. ‘giver; bountiful one’)