Rig Veda 6.46.10: Mandala 6, Sukta 46, Mantra 10
Sukta 6.46
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ये गव्यता मनसा शत्रुमादभुरभिप्रघ्नन्ति धृष्णुया । अध स्मा नो मघवन्निन्द्र गिर्वणस्तनूपा अन्तमो भव ॥
Transliteration
yé gavyatā́ manásā śátrum ādabhúr abhi-praghnánti dhṛṣṇu-yā́ | ádha smā no maghavann indra girvaṇas tanū-pā́ ántamo bhava ||
Translation
Die, die mit dem nach den Licht‑Kühen suchenden Sinn den Feind im kühnen Ansturm niederwerfen — dann, o Maghavan, Indra, Girvanas, werde uns der innerste Hüter des leibhaftigen Wesens.
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika) → य-
गव्यताwith cattle-seeking (intent), for cattle
गव्यता:
करण
TypeNoun (abstract/collective) / Adjectival noun
Rootगव्यत् (prātipadika; from गो ‘cow’ + -व्यत्, ‘seeking/going after’)
मनसाwith the mind
मनसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (prātipadika)
शत्रुम्the enemy
शत्रुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशत्रु (prātipadika)
आदभुःthey have harmed/overpowered
आदभुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootदभ् (धातु) ‘to harm, deceive’ with preverb आ-
अभिप्रघ्नन्तिthey strike down, smite
अभिप्रघ्नन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु) ‘to strike/kill’ with preverbs अभि-प्र-
धृष्णुयाwith bold force / daringly
धृष्णुया:
करण
TypeAdjective (used adverbially/instrumental)
Rootधृष्णु (prātipadika) ‘bold, daring, impetuous’
अधthen, now
अध:
सम्बन्ध/वाक्योपपत्ति
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (avyaya)
स्मindeed, just
स्म:
सम्बन्ध/वाक्योपपत्ति
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्म (avyaya)
नःto us / our
नः:
सम्प्रदान (as ‘to us’)/सम्बन्ध (as ‘of us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (sarvanāma) → नः
मघवन्O bountiful one
मघवन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootमघवन् (prātipadika; epithet of Indra ‘bountiful’)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
गिर्वणःO hymn-praised one
गिर्वणः:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootगिर्वणस् (prātipadika; ‘praised with songs/hymns’)
तनूपाःbody-guardians, protectors of our persons
तनूपाः:
कर्तृ (of ‘भव’ as predicate-nominative) / विशेषण
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootतनूपा (prātipadika; ‘body-protecting’, from तनू + पा ‘protector’)
अन्तमःthe nearest / the most intimate
अन्तमः:
प्रेडिकेट-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (superlative)
Rootअन्तम (prātipadika; superlative of अन्त ‘near/end’)
भवbe (become)
भव:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु) ‘to be, become’
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