Rig Veda 8.62.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 62, Mantra 6

Sukta 8.62

Devata: Indra (implicitly as sakhā/yuj in the second hemistich)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अव चष्ट ऋचीषमोऽवताँ इव मानुषः । जुष्ट्वी दक्षस्य सोमिनः सखायं कृणुते युजं भद्रा इन्द्रस्य रातयः ॥

Transliteration

áva caṣṭa ṛcī́ṣamo’vatā́ṃ iva mā́nuṣaḥ | juṣṭvī́ dákṣasya somínaḥ sákhāyaṃ kṛṇute yújaṃ bhadrā́ índrasya rātáyaḥ ||

Translation

El sabio en los himnos ṛc mira desde lo alto como quien tiene recursos, un humano entre humanos. Hallando deleite en la destreza, el oferente de Soma hace de Indra un camarada y un aliado uncido. Auspiciosos son los dones de Indra.

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Word by Word

• अव: down; forth (as preverb)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (upasarga/preverb)

• चष्टे: sees; beholds; declares
• चष्टे: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चक्ष् (चक्षँ दर्शने/वक्तव्ये)

• ऋचीषमः: the ṛc-chanting one; the hymn-singer
• ऋचीषमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: ऋचीषम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘rich in ṛc-verses’, epithet of a singer/poet)

• अवताम्: of the helps/protections
• अवताम्: Sambandha (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘help, protection’)

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• मानुषः: a man; human
• मानुषः: Kartā (in simile/apposition)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘human’)

• जुष्ट्वी: having enjoyed/accepted; having been pleased with
• जुष्ट्वी: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (prior action)
• Type: Verb (non-finite)
• Root: √जुष् (जुषँ प्रीतिसेवनयोः) → जुष्ट्वि (absolutive/gerund, Vedic)

• दक्षस्य: of skill/power; of दक्ष
• दक्षस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘skill, power, rite-ability’)

• सोमिनः: of the soma-man (soma-offerer/drinker)
• सोमिनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Soma-possessor/drinker/offerer’)

• सखायम्: a friend
• सखायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘friend’)

• कृणुते: makes; fashions; makes for oneself
• कृणुते: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (डुकृञ् करणे)

• युजम्: a yoked companion; ally
• युजम्: Karma (object-complement with सखायम्)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: युज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘yoked one, companion, ally’)

• भद्राः: good; auspicious
• भद्राः: Viśeṣaṇa (of रायतयः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘auspicious, good’)

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• रातयः: gifts; bounties
• रातयः: Kartā (nominal clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘gift, giving, bounty’)