Rig Veda 6.33.4 — Mandala 6, Sukta 33, Mantra 4
Sukta 6.33
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 6.33)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स त्वं न इन्द्राकवाभिरूती सखा विश्वायुरविता वृधे भूः । स्वर्षाता यद्ध्वयामसि त्वा युध्यन्तो नेमधिता पृत्सु शूर ॥
Transliteration
sa tvaṃ na indra akavābhir ūtī sakhā viśvāyur avitā vṛdhe bhūḥ | svaḥ-sātā yad hvayāmasi tvā yudhyanto nema-dhitā pṛtsu śūra ||
Translation
Sé, pues, para nosotros, oh Indra, con tus auxilios inquebrantables, amigo de toda la vida, protector para nuestro crecimiento. Cuando te invocamos como vencedor del cielo luminoso, entonces, en las batallas, oh héroe, combatimos bien asentados, sin ceder el terreno.
Word by Word
सःhe (that one)
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / of us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अकवाभिःwith the non-poets / unskilled ones
अकवाभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअकव (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतीwith help, with aid
ऊती:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
सखा(as) a friend
सखा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वायुःall-life-giving / of universal lifetime
विश्वायुः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्वायु (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व + आयु)
अविताprotector
अविता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअवितृ (प्रातिपदिक; agent noun from √अव् ‘to protect’)
वृधेfor increase, for strengthening
वृधे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (verbal/abstract)
Rootवृध् (धातु) → वृधि/वृध (कृदन्त-भाव/उद्देश्य) / or वृध् as verbal noun
भूःbe (become)!
भूः:
(मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
स्वःषाताwinner of heaven/light
स्वःषाता:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootस्वःषातृ (प्रातिपदिक; स्वः + √षा/√सन्? ‘to win/obtain’ in RV usage)
यत्when / that
यत्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ह्वयामसिwe invoke
ह्वयामसि:
(मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे/√ह्वा (धातु ‘to call, invoke’)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
युध्यन्तःfighting
युध्यन्तः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√युध् (धातु ‘to fight’) → युध्यन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
नेमधिताःset/placed in order; steadfast
नेमधिताः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√नेम्/नम्? + √धा (धातु ‘to place’) → नेमधित (कृदन्त; RV form)
पृत्सुin battles
पृत्सु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपृत्/पृतना (प्रातिपदिक; ‘battle, fight’)
शूरO hero
शूर:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)
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