Rig Veda 10.55.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 55, Mantra 6

Sukta 10.55

Devata: Indra (as heroic power of the Vast; winged/radiant epithets integrated with his swift force)

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; RV 10 often uses triṣṭubh in such heroic-cosmic diction—requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शाक्मना शाको अरुणः सुपर्ण आ यो महः शूरः सनादनीळः । यच्चिकेत सत्यमित्तन्न मोघं वसु स्पार्हमुत जेतोत दाता ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.55.6

Transliteration

śā́kmanā śā́ko aruṇáḥ suparṇá ā́ yó maháḥ śū́raḥ sanā́d anī́ḷaḥ | yác cikéta satyám ít tán ná mógham vásu spārhám utá jétotā́ dā́tā ||

Translation

Con fuerza poderosa llega el Radiante, el Rojizo, de bellas alas — héroe en lo Vasto, desde antiguo incansable en la marcha. Cuanto él discierne es verdad en verdad; eso nunca es vano: conquista la plenitud deseable de los bienes y también la otorga.

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Word by Word

• शाक्मना: by/with strength, by might
• शाक्मना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शाकः: the mighty one, the strong
• शाकः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरुणः: ruddy, tawny, red(-hued)
• अरुणः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुपर्णः: fair-winged; (as epithet) the well-winged one (e.g., bird/solar being)
• सुपर्णः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सुपर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, hither; (prefix)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• महः: of greatness; of the great (power)
• महः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत्/मह (प्रातिपदिक)

• शूरः: hero, valiant one
• शूरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• सनादनिळः: anciently/ever uninjured (traditional epithet; lit. ‘from of old, not to be harmed’)
• सनादनिळः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: सनादनिळ (प्रातिपदिक; सना+अदन्/अदानीळ?)

• यत्: what, that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चिकेत: has perceived, has understood
• चिकेत: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चित् (धातु) / चकेत् (वैदिक परस्मैपद)

• सत्यम्: truth, the true (thing)
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मोघम्: vain, fruitless
• मोघम्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोघ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसु: wealth, good (treasure)
• वसु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्पार्हम्: coveted, desirable
• स्पार्हम्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्पार्ह (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and also, moreover
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• जेतोत: conqueror, winner
• जेतोत: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: जि (धातु) + तृच्/तृन् (कृदन्त) → जेतृ (प्रातिपदिक); वैदिक रूप ‘जेतोत्’ (उत्-सन्धि)

• दात॑ा: giver, bestower
• दात॑ा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: दा (धातु) + तृच्/तृन् → दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)