Rig Veda 6.59.1: Mandala 6, Sukta 59, Mantra 1
Sukta 6.59
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)
Devata: Indrāgnī (dual deity)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र नु वोचा सुतेषु वां वीर्या यानि चक्रथुः । हतासो वां पितरो देवशत्रव इन्द्राग्नी जीवथो युवम् ॥
Transliteration
prá nu vocā suteṣú vāṃ vīryā̀ yā́ni cakráthuḥ | hatā́so vāṃ pitáro devaśátrava índrāgnī jīvathaḥ yuvám ||
Translation
Nun will ich euch, bei den gepressten Soma‑Tränken, eure Heldentaten verkünden, die ihr vollbracht habt. Erschlagen sind eure Väter, die Feinde der Götter; o Indra‑Agni, ihr zwei lebt — ihr Jungen.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
नुnow, indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
वोचI proclaim / I will speak
वोच:
Kartā (speaker: ‘I’ implicit)
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
सुतेषुamong the pressed (Soma-juices)
सुतेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (ppp of √सु ‘to press’)
वाम्of you two / you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna (addressed recipients) / Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
वीर्याणिheroic deeds, powers
वीर्याणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवीर्य (from वीर ‘hero’)
यानिwhich
यानि:
Karma (correlative to ‘वीर्याणि’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
चक्रथुःyou two have done/made
चक्रथुः:
Kartā (you two)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
हतासःslain, struck down
हतासः:
Kartā (of the implied action ‘are slain’/state)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootहता (ppp of √हन्)
वाम्of you two
वाम्:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
पितरःfathers, forefathers
पितरः:
Kartā (as subject with ‘हतासः’ predicative)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
देवशत्रवःgod-hostile foes (enemies of the gods)
देवशत्रवः:
Kartā (apposition to ‘पितरः’)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootदेव-शत्रु
इन्द्राग्नीO Indra and Agni
इन्द्राग्नी:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (dual address)
Rootइन्द्र + अग्नि
जीवथःyou two live
जीवथः:
Kartā (you two)
TypeVerb
Rootजीव्
युवम्you two
युवम्:
Kartā (explicit subject of ‘जीवथः’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
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