Rig Veda 2.30.6: Mandala 2, Sukta 30, Mantra 6

Sukta 2.30

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)

Devata: Indra-Soma (dual)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र हि क्रतुं वृहथो यं वनुथो रध्रस्य स्थो यजमानस्य चोदौ । इन्द्रासोमा युवमस्माँ अविष्टमस्मिन्भयस्थे कृणुतमु लोकम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 2.30.6

Transliteration

prá hí krátum vṛ́hatho yáṃ vanútho radhrásya sthó yajámānasya codáu | índrā-sómā yuvám asmā́n aviṣṭam asmín bhayá-sthe kṛṇutam lokám ||

Translation

Tum logon ki soch aur samajh ko bada karte ho. Yagya karne wale ke kaam mein help karte ho. Indra aur Soma, hamari raksha karo. Dar ki jagah pe hamare liye safe duniya bana do.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (nipāta)

• क्रतुम्: resolve, power of will, plan
• क्रतुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु- (prātipadika)

• वृहथः: you two make great / strengthen
• वृहथः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृह् (dhātu; ‘to make great/strengthen’)

• यम्: which, whom
• यम्: Karma (relative object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• वनुथः: you two win / obtain
• वनुथः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वन् (dhātu; ‘to win, gain’)

• रध्रस्य: of the needy/afflicted (wretched)
• रध्रस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रध्र- (prātipadika)

• स्थः: you two are
• स्थः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (dhātu; ‘to be’)

• यजमानस्य: of the sacrificer
• यजमानस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान- (prātipadika; from √यज ‘to sacrifice’)

• चोदौ: impellers, instigators
• चोदौ: Kartā (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चोद- (prātipadika; agent noun from √चुद् ‘to impel’)

• इन्द्रासोमा: O Indra and Soma
• इन्द्रासोमा: Sambोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र + सोम (proper nouns)

• युवम्: you two
• युवम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronoun)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun)

• अविष्टम्: you two helped/protected
• अविष्टम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (dhātu; ‘to help, protect’) with preverb अव-

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (pronoun)

• भयस्थे: in (this) fearful situation/place
• भयस्थे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: भयस्थ- (prātipadika; ‘place/state of fear’, bhaya + stha)

• कृणुतम्: make (for us)
• कृणुतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (dhātu; ‘to make, do’)

• उ: indeed, just
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (nipāta)

• लोकम्: space, free scope, world (room/safety)
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक- (prātipadika)