Rig Veda 6.23.6: Mandala 6, Sukta 23, Mantra 6

Sukta 6.23

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ब्रह्माणि हि चकृषे वर्धनानि तावत्त इन्द्र मतिभिर्विविष्मः । सुते सोमे सुतपाः शंतमानि राण्ड्या क्रियास्म वक्षणानि यज्ञैः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.23.6

Transliteration

bráhmāṇi hí cakṛṣé várdhanāni tā́vat te indra matí-bhir viviṣmaḥ | suté sóme suta-pāḥ śáṃ-tamāni rā́ṇḍyā kriyāsma vákṣaṇāni yajñáiḥ ||

Translation

Pues tú, oh Indra, en verdad has hecho de los brahman fortalecimientos; hasta tal punto te escogemos con nuestros pensamientos (mati). Oh bebedor del Soma prensado, haz para nosotros, mediante los sacrificios, las prosperidades más dadoras de paz, los ricos goces que nos llevan hacia delante.

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Word by Word

• ब्रह्माणि: sacred formulations, hymns
• ब्रह्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• चकृषे: you have made
• चकृषे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• वर्धनानि: strengthenings, means of increase
• वर्धनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्धन (प्रातिपदिक; √वृध्-णिच्/वर्ध् से)

• तावत्: so far, to that extent
• तावत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत्

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मतिभिः: with thoughts, with hymnic inspirations
• मतिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)

• विविष्मः: we have sought/approached (you)
• विविष्मः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विष्/√विश् (धातु; ‘सेव्/प्रवेश्/आश्रय’—वेदे ‘विविष्’ = ‘उपसेव्/प्राप्’)

• सुते: when the Soma is pressed / in the pressed (Soma)
• सुते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सुत (कृदन्त; √सु ‘अभिषव’ → सुत ‘pressed’)

• सोमे: in Soma
• सोमे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुतपाः: O well-ardent/strongly-heated one
• सुतपाः: —
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: सुतपा (प्रातिपदिक; सु-तपस् ‘good-heat/strong-austerity’)

• शंतमानि: most beneficent (things), best blessings
• शंतमानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: शंतम (प्रातिपदिक; शम् + तम)

• राण्ड्या: with want/poverty (i.e., in a state of lack)
• राण्ड्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: राण्ड्या (प्रातिपदिक; ‘राण्ड्य’ = अभाव/दैन्य/असमृद्धि ‘want, lack’)

• क्रियास्म: may we do / let us perform
• क्रियास्म: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)

• वक्षणानि: aids, means of conveyance/bringing (supports)
• वक्षणानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्षण (प्रातिपदिक; √वह्/√वक्ष् ‘वह/वह्नि’—वेदे ‘वक्षण’ = ‘वाहन/वहन-शक्ति, aids’)

• यज्ञैः: by sacrifices, with rites
• यज्ञैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)