Rig Veda 2.16.6: Mandala 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 6

Sukta 2.16

Rishi: Gṛtsamada Bhārgava

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify with Anukramaṇī)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वृषा ते वज्र उत ते वृषा रथो वृषणा हरी वृषभाण्यायुधा । वृष्णो मदस्य वृषभ त्वमीशिष इन्द्र सोमस्य वृषभस्य तृप्णुहि ॥

Transliteration

vṛ́ṣā te vájra utá te vṛ́ṣā rátho vṛ́ṣaṇā hárī vṛṣabhā́ṇy ā́yudhā | vṛ́ṣṇo mádasya vṛṣabha tvám ī́śiṣe índra sómasya vṛṣabhásya tṛpṇuhi ||

Translation

A bull is thy thunderbolt, and bull is thy chariot; bull are the two bay steeds, and bull-like thy weapons. O Bull, thou rulest the ecstasy of the strong; Indra, be satisfied with the bull-like Soma.

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Word by Word

• वृषा: a bull; mighty (one)
• वृषा: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण) / Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक) < √वृष् (वर्षणे/वृषणे) बलवृष्ट्योः

• ते: of you/thy
• ते: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वज्रः: the thunderbolt
• वज्रः: Kartā (नामपद) / Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• ते: of you/thy
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• वृषा: bull-like; mighty
• वृषा: Kartā (विशेषण) / Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृषन् < √वृष्

• रथः: chariot
• रथः: Kartā (नामपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषणा: the two vigorous/strong (ones)
• वृषणा: Kartā (विशेषण) / Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृषण (प्रातिपदिक)

• हरी: the two bay steeds (Indra’s horses)
• हरी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषभाणि: bull-like (strong) points/edges (i.e., powerful)
• वृषभाणि: Kartā (नामपद) / Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक) + अणि (नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक; ‘face/edge/point’), समास

• आयुधा: weapons
• आयुधा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृष्णः: of the bull/strong one
• वृष्णः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदस्य: of exhilaration; of intoxication
• मदस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषभ: O bull! (O mighty one!)
• वृषभ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative) / Adjective
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• ईशिषे: you rule; you are master
• ईशिषे: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ईश् (ऐश्वर्ये ‘to rule, be master’)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषभस्य: of the bull; of the mighty (one)
• वृषभस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तृप्णुहि: be satisfied; take your fill
• तृप्णुहि: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तृप् (तृप्तौ ‘to be satisfied’)