Rig Veda 6.21.1: Mandala 6, Sukta 21, Mantra 1

Sukta 6.21

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) (traditional ascription for RV 6.21 within Mandala 6)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 6.21; Mandala 6 Indra hymns predominantly Triṣṭubh)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इमा उ त्वा पुरुतमस्य कारोर्हव्यं वीर हव्या हवन्ते । धियो रथेष्ठामजरं नवीयो रयिर्विभूतिरीयते वचस्या ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.21.1

Transliteration

imā u tvā purutamasya kāror havyaṃ vīra havyā havante | dhiyo ratheṣṭhām ajaraṃ navīyo rayir vibhūtir īyate vacasyā ||

Translation

Yeh sab bhents tumhe bula rahi hain, hey veer. Ek gaane wala hai jo sabse zyada dhanwan hai, uski taraf se yeh aahutiyan hain. Jo bhi achhi baatein mann mein aati hain, woh rath ki tarah aage badhti hain. Woh kabhi purani nahi hoti, hamesha nayi rehti hai. Shabd ki taakat se yeh sab failta hai.

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• इमाः: these (hymns/words)
• इमाः: कर्म (स्तुतिरूपा गिरः) / विषय
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उ: indeed / now
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• पुरुतमस्य: of the most bountiful / of the very many
• पुरुतमस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the most abundant/many’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरुतम (विशेषण; पुरु + तमप्)

• कारोः: of the singer (poet)
• कारोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the singer/poet’
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कवि/स्तोता’)

• हव्यम्: oblation / offering
• हव्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to sacrifice/call’ से)

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (सम्बोधन-प्रातिपदिक)

• हव्या: offerings
• हव्या: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• हवन्ते: they invoke / they call
• हवन्ते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हू (जुहोति/ह्वयति; ‘to call/invoke’)

• धियः: insights / prayers
• धियः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: धि (स्त्री; ‘thought, insight, prayer’)

• रथेष्ठाम्: (as) chariot-standing / chariot-mounted
• रथेष्ठाम्: कर्म (धियः द्वारा अभिप्रेत-स्तुतिः) / विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथेष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक; रथे + स्था ‘standing on the chariot’, epithet)

• अजरम्: unaging / undecaying
• अजरम्: कर्म / विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजर (अ- + जर ‘aging’)

• नवीयः: newer / ever-fresh
• नवीयः: कर्म / विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवीयस् (तुलनात्मक; नव ‘new’ से)

• रयिः: wealth / bounty
• रयिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (पुं; ‘wealth, bounty’)

• विभूतिः: abundance / wide prosperity
• विभूतिः: कर्तृ (रयिः… विभूतिः—समास/समन्वय) / विशेषण
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभूति (स्त्री; वि-√भू ‘to be, to become’ से ‘abundance, manifestation’)

• ईयते: goes forth / comes
• ईयते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (ईयते; ‘to go, to come, to move’)

• वचस्या: speech-rich / eloquent (in praise)
• वचस्या: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वचस्य (विशेषण; वचस् ‘speech’ से ‘eloquent, of speech’)