Rig Veda 6.21.11: Mandala 6, Sukta 21, Mantra 11

Sukta 6.21

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (Bharadvāja tradition, Mandala 6)

Devata: Indra (with an implied company of Viśve Devāḥ / assisting powers; also Agni as the ‘tongue’ principle)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 6.21; requires metrical verification against a critical text)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नू म आ वाचमुप याहि विद्वान्विश्वेभिः सूनो सहसो यजत्रैः । ये अग्निजिह्वा ऋतसाप आसुर्ये मनुं चक्रुरुपरं दसाय ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.21.11

Transliteration

nū ma ā́ vā́cam úpa yāhi vidvā́n víśvebhiḥ sūno sáhaso yájatṛaiḥ | yé agní-jihvā́ ṛtá-sāpa āsúr yé mánum cakrúr úparam dásāya ||

Translation

Ab meri baat suno, tumhe sab pata hai. Tum taakat ke beta ho, sab taakaton ke saath aao. Jo log Agni ki jeebh rakhte hain aur sachchai peete hain, woh insaan ko bada bana dete hain. Yeh sab meri baat ko sahi bana ke rakhein.

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Word by Word

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• मे: of me / to me
• मे: सम्बन्ध (genitive) / सम्प्रदान (dative) प्रसङ्गानुसार
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• वाचम्: speech, utterance
• वाचम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक: वाच्-)

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• याहि: come! go hither!
• याहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• विद्वान्: knowing, wise
• विद्वान्: कर्ता (याहि-आदेशस्य सम्बोधन-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: विद् (धातु) → कृदन्त: विद्वस्-

• विश्वेभिः: with all
• विश्वेभिः: करण (सह-सम्बन्धे ‘with’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूनो: O son
• सूनो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहसः: of might, of strength
• सहसः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यजत्रैः: with the worshipful (ones)
• यजत्रैः: करण (विश्वेभिः सह विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यजत्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘worthy of worship’)

• ये: who
• ये: कर्ता (आसुः/चक्रुः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• अग्निजिह्वाः: having Agni as (their) tongue / fire-tongued
• अग्निजिह्वाः: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: अग्नि + जिह्वा (समास: बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-प्रायः; प्रातिपदिक: अग्निजिह्वा-)

• ऋतसापाः: guarding/keeping the ṛta (cosmic order)
• ऋतसापाः: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: ऋत + साप (समास; प्रातिपदिक: ऋतसाप-)

• आसुः: they have been / were
• आसुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• ये: who
• ये: कर्ता (चक्रुः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• मनुम्: Manu
• मनुम्: कर्म
• Type: Proper noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चक्रुः: they made, fashioned
• चक्रुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• उपरम्: a higher/further (place/condition)
• उपरम्: कर्म (चक्रुः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उपर (प्रातिपदिक)

• दसाय: for the Dāsa / to the Dāsa
• दसाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास (प्रातिपदिक)