Rig Veda 6.67.4 — Mandala 6, Sukta 67, Mantra 4

Sukta 6.67

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (with Aditi as supporting cosmic principle)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अश्वा न या वाजिना पूतबन्धू ऋता यद्गर्भमदितिर्भरध्यै । प्र या महि महान्ता जायमाना घोरा मर्ताय रिपवे नि दीधः ॥

Transliteration

aśvā́ ná yā́ vā́jinā pūtá-bandhū ṛtā́ yád gárbham áditir bháradhyai | prá yā́ máhi mahā́ntā jā́yamānā ghorā́ mártāya ripáve ní dīdḥaḥ ||

Translation

Como corceles veloces sois vosotros dos — puros en vuestro vínculo— cuando Aditi lleva el embrión del ṛta para darlo a luz. Grandes e inmensos en vuestro nacimiento, os volvéis terribles para el mortal enemigo; lo abatís hacia abajo.

Word by Word

• अश्वाः: horses
• अश्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• याः: who/which (fem. pl.)
• याः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• वाजिनः: prize-winning, swift
• वाजिनः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाजिन्

• पूतबन्धवः: having purified kin/bonds; of pure alliance
• पूतबन्धवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूत-बन्धु

• ऋताः: true, in accord with ṛta
• ऋताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋत

• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्

• गर्भम्: womb, embryo
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ

• अदितिः: Aditi
• अदितिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: अदिति

• भरध्यै: to bear, to carry (in order to bear)
• भरध्यै: Sampradāna
• Type: Verb (infinitive)
• Root: भृ

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र

• याः: went/fared
• याः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: या

• महि: greatly, mightily
• महि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महि

• महान्तौ: the two great ones
• महान्तौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महान्त्

• जायमानौ: being born
• जायमानौ: Kartā
• Type: Participle (present middle)
• Root: जन्

• घोराः: terrible, fierce
• घोराः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर

• मर्ताय: for the mortal
• मर्ताय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त

• रिपवे: for the enemy
• रिपवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु

• नि: down, into
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि

• दीधः: you have set/placed
• दीधः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा