Rig Veda 6.47.3: Mandala 6, Sukta 47, Mantra 3

Sukta 6.47

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Soma-empowered Indra / Soma as immediate agent (the repeated 'ayam' points to Soma)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अयं मे पीत उदियर्ति वाचमयं मनीषामुशतीमजीगः । अयं षळुर्वीरमिमीत धीरो न याभ्यो भुवनं कच्चनारे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.47.3

Transliteration

ayáṃ me pītá úd iyarti vā́cam ayáṃ manīṣā́m uśatī́m ajīgaḥ | ayáṃ ṣáḷ urvī́r amimīta dhī́ro ná yā́bhyo bhúvanaṃ kác canā́re ||

Translation

Er, von mir getrunken, erhebt die Rede; er weckt das begehrende Denken. Er, der standhafte Weise, maß die sechs weiten Räume aus — jenseits derer keine Welt irgendwo besteht.

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Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: to/for me; my
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पीतः: having been drunk; drunk
• पीतः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: पा (धातु) → पीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• उद्: up, forth
• उद्: —
• Type: Preverb
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ईयर्ति: sets in motion; impels; raises
• ईयर्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर्/ईरय् (धातु; Vedic: īrte/īrayati)

• वाचम्: speech
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक) स्त्री

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मनीषाम्: thought; insight; inspired intelligence
• मनीषाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषा (प्रातिपदिक) स्त्री

• उशतीम्: desiring; eager; wished-for
• उशतीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (Participle)
• Root: उशत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; pres. ptc. of वश्/उश् ‘to desire’) → उशती

• अजीगः: he has sung/intoned; he has set (it) in chant
• अजीगः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै/गा (धातु ‘to sing/chant’) with reduplication; Vedic aorist

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• षळुः: six; sixfold
• षळुः: Kartā
• Type: Numeral (with particle)
• Root: षळ् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + उः (Vedic enclitic particle/ending used with numerals)

• वीरम्: hero; man
• वीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक) पुं

• अमिमीत: has measured out; has apportioned
• अमिमीत: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (धातु ‘to measure’) with reduplication

• धीरः: the wise one; steadfast
• धीरः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: धीर (प्रातिपदिक) पुं

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• याभ्यः: from whom/which
• याभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भुवनम्: world; being; existence
• भुवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक) नपुं

• कच्चन: at all; in any way
• कच्चन: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क + चन (अव्यय-समुच्चय; emphatic/indefinite)

• आरे: far away
• आरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आरे (अव्यय)