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Mantra 3

Sukta 6.59

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition (Mandala 6 family attribution)
Devata: Indrāgnī (dual deity: Indra and Agni together)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable for RV 6.59; verse length consistent with jagatī cadence)

ओकिवांसा सुते सचाँ अश्वा सप्ती इवादने । इन्द्रा न्वग्नी अवसेह वज्रिणा वयं देवा हवामहे ॥

ओ॒कि॒वांसा॑ सु॒ते सचाँ॒ अश्वा॒ सप्ती॑ इ॒वाद॑ने । इन्द्रा॒ न्व१॒॑ग्नी अव॑से॒ह व॒ज्रिणा॑ व॒यं दे॒वा ह॑वामहे ॥

okivā́ṃsā sute sacā́ aśvā́ saptī́ ivádane | indrā́ nv agnī́ aváseha vajríṇā vayáṃ devā́ havāmahe ||

Like two steeds well at home with the pressed Soma, like a pair of coursers yoked for the winning, we here call Indra and Agni for our help—O gods, with the wielder of the thunderbolt—so that the force of victory may be born in us.

ओ॒कि॒ऽवांसा॑ । सु॒ते । सचा॑ । अश्वा॑ । सप्ती॑इ॒वेति॒ सप्ती॑ऽइव । आद॑ने । इन्द्रा॑ । नु । अ॒ग्नी इति॑ । अव॑सा । इ॒ह । व॒ज्रिणा॑ । व॒यम् । दे॒वा । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ ॥ओकिवांसा । सुते । सचा । अश्वा । सप्तीइवेति सप्तीइव । आदने । इन्द्रा । नु । अग्नी इति । अवसा । इह । वज्रिणा । वयम् । देवा । हवामहे ॥oki-vāṃsā | sute | sacā | aśvā | saptīivetisaptī-iva | ādane | indrā | nu | agnī iti | avasā | iha | vajriṇā | vayam | devā | havāmahe

ओकिवांसःthe dwellers / those at home (i.e., the two gods as household-lords)
ओकिवांसः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootओकिवस् (प्रातिपदिक; √उक्/वस्- ‘to dwell, be at home’ > ‘dwelling/at-home’)
सुतेin/at the pressed Soma
सुते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (ppp of √सु ‘to press (Soma)’)
सचाँtogether with / accompanying
सचाँ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (Vedic absolutive/gerund)
Rootसच् (√सच् ‘to accompany, be with’)
अश्वाःhorses
अश्वाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
सप्तीः(as) mares/steeds
सप्तीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसप्ति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mare/steed’, esp. team)
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अदनेat the eating/feast (banquet)
अदने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअदन (प्रातिपदिक; from √अद् ‘to eat’ → ‘eating/feast’)
इन्द्राO Indra
इन्द्रा:
Sampradāna (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नुnow, indeed
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
अग्नीO Agni
अग्नी:
Sampradāna (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
अवसेfor help/protection
अवसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘help, protection’)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
वज्रिणाwith the thunderbolt-bearer (i.e., with Indra as vajrin)
वज्रिणा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having the vajra’)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe worshippers / the godly (lit. ‘the devas’)
देवाः:
Kartā (apposition to वयम्)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
हवामहेwe invoke/call upon
हवामहे:
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (ह्वयति/हवते ‘to call, invoke’)