Rig Veda 6.54.6: Mandala 6, Sukta 54, Mantra 6
Sukta 6.54
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition
Devata: Pūṣan
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पूषन्ननु प्र गा इहि यजमानस्य सुन्वतः । अस्माकं स्तुवतामुत ॥
Transliteration
pū́ṣann ánu prá gā́ ihí yájamānasya sunvatáḥ | asmā́kaṃ stuvatā́m utá ||
Translation
O Pūṣan, zieh voran, den Lichtstrahlen folgend, für den Opfernden, der Soma auspresst; und auch für uns, die wir dich mit dem Lobwort preisen.
Word by Word
पूषन्O Pūṣan
पूषन्:
सम्बोधन (कर्तृ-प्रेरणार्थ संबोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपूषन्- (प्रातिपदिक; देवता-नाम)
अनुalong; after
अनु:
(क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्गार्थ) — ‘along/after’
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
प्रforth; forward
प्र:
(क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्गार्थ) — ‘forth/forward’
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
गाḥthe cows
गाḥ:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootगो- (प्रातिपदिक)
इहिgo!; come!
इहि:
(मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु; गत्यर्थ) [इ-]
यजमानस्यof the sacrificer
यजमानस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the sacrificer’
TypeNoun
Rootयजमान- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘यज्ञकर्ता’)
सुन्वतःof (him) pressing Soma
सुन्वतः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of (him) pressing/expressing (Soma)’
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootसु (धातु; ‘सोमं सुनोति’/प्रसव) → वर्तमान-कृदन्त ‘सुन्वत्’
अस्माकम्of us; our
अस्माकम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of us/our’
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
स्तुवताम्of (those) praising
स्तुवताम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of (us) praising’
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootस्तु (धातु; स्तुत्यर्थ) → वर्तमान-कृदन्त ‘स्तुवत्’
उतand; also
उत:
समुच्चय/अवधारण (particle: ‘and/also’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात/अव्यय)
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