Rig Veda 7.91.6: Mandala 7, Sukta 91, Mantra 6

Sukta 7.91

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭhāḥ tradition of Maṇḍala 7)

Devata: Indra-Vāyu (dual)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; Maṇḍala 7 predominates in Triṣṭubh—verify against pada count in a metrical index)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

या वां शतं नियुतो याः सहस्रमिन्द्रवायू विश्ववाराः सचन्ते । आभिर्यातं सुविदत्राभिरर्वाक्पातं नरा प्रतिभृतस्य मध्वः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.91.6

Transliteration

yā́ vāṃ śatáṃ niyúto yā́ḥ sahásram índravāyū viśvávārā́ḥ sácante | ā́bhir yātam suvidátrābhir arvā́k pā́taṃ narā pratibhṛtásya mádhvaḥ ||

Translation

Ces forces attelées qui sont vôtres — par centaines et par milliers, ô Indra–Vāyu, riches de toute plénitude désirable — se joignent à vous. Avec elles, descendez vers nous, avec des puissances limpides de juste trouvaille; ô vous deux forts, buvez la délice miellée qui vous est offerte et portée vers vous.

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Word by Word

• या: she who / which
• या: Kartā (relative subject of सचन्ते)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• वाम्: for you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna (to/for you two) / Śeṣa (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (sarvanāma)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (numerical qualifier of नियुतः)
• Type: Numeral
• Root: शत (prātipadika)

• नियुतः: teams/yokes (of horses), pairs yoked
• नियुतः: Kartā (with याः…सचन्ते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियुत (prātipadika)

• याः: which (fem. pl.)
• याः: Kartā (relative subject of सचन्ते)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Viśeṣaṇa (numerical qualifier, understood with a plural collective)
• Type: Numeral
• Root: सहस्र (prātipadika)

• इन्द्रवायू: O Indra and Vāyu
• इन्द्रवायू: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (dual deity-compound)
• Root: इन्द्र + वायु (dvandva-prātipadika)

• विश्ववाराः: all-choosing / bringing all boons
• विश्ववाराः: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifies नियुतः / implied ‘they’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व-वार (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa adj. prātipadika)

• सचन्ते: they accompany / attend
• सचन्ते: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु; ‘to accompany, join’)

• आभिः: with these
• आभिः: Karaṇa (instrument: ‘with these’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāma)

• यातम्: come (you two)
• यातम्: Kriyā (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु; ‘to go, come’)

• सुविदत्राभिः: with good helps / good bestowals
• सुविदत्राभिः: Karaṇa (by/with good aids, good gifts)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (instrumental plural)
• Root: सु-विदत्र (prātipadika; ‘good bestowal/aid’)

• अर्वाक्: hither, towards us
• अर्वाक्: Adhikaraṇa (directional/locative sense: ‘hither’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अर्वाक् (avyaya)

• पातम्: drink (you two)
• पातम्: Kriyā (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु; ‘to drink’)

• नरा: O two men/hero-gods
• नरा: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (prātipadika)

• प्रतिभृतस्य: of the presented (offering)
• प्रतिभृतस्य: Śeṣa (genitive: of what is presented/offered)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: प्रतिभृत (kṛdanta-prātipadika from प्रति-भृ ‘to bring forth, present’)

• मध्वः: of the sweet (honey/Soma)
• मध्वः: Śeṣa (genitive dependent on पातम्: ‘drink of honey/soma’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (prātipadika)