Rig Veda 6.45.7: Mandala 6, Sukta 45, Mantra 7

Sukta 6.45

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (traditional attribution for RV 6.45)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; hymn RV 6.45 predominantly Triṣṭubh—verify pada count per verse in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ब्रह्माणं ब्रह्मवाहसं गीर्भिः सखायमृग्मियम् । गां न दोहसे हुवे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.45.7

Transliteration

bráhmāṇaṃ bráhmavāhasaṃ gīrbhíḥ sákhāyam ṛgmíyam | gā́m ná dohásé huvē ||

Translation

Con mis cantos (gīrbhiḥ) llamo al Poder que porta el Brahman (brahma-vāhas), al amigo rico en himnos; lo invoco como se ordeña una vaca, para que los rayos ocultos del Conocimiento fluyan en abundancia.

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Word by Word

• ब्र॒ह्माणम्: the sacred formulation / hymn (brahman)
• ब्र॒ह्माणम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्म॑वाहसम्: brahman-bearing / carrying the sacred word
• ब्रह्म॑वाहसम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: ब्रह्म-वाहस (समास; वाहस < √वह् ‘to carry’)

• गी॒र्भिः: with hymns / with songs of praise
• गी॒र्भिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीर् (स्त्री; ‘song, hymn, praise’)

• सखा॑यम्: the friend
• सखा॑यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (पुं; ‘friend’)

• ऋ॒ग्मिय॑म्: hymn-worthy / praised with ṛks
• ऋ॒ग्मिय॑म्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋग्मिय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘worthy of ṛc/Ṛg, hymn-worthy’)

• गाम्: the cow
• गाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (स्त्री; ‘cow’)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• दो॒हसे॑: for milking
• दो॒हसे॑: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (purpose-dative)
• Root: दोहस (प्रातिपदिक; ‘milking’ / ‘act of milking’)

• हुवे: I invoke / I call
• हुवे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वे (ह्वयति/ह्वयते; ‘to call, invoke’)