Rig Veda 6.29.2: Mandala 6, Sukta 29, Mantra 2

Sukta 6.29

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ यस्मिन्हस्ते नर्या मिमिक्षुरा रथे हिरण्यये रथेष्ठाः । आ रश्मयो गभस्त्योः स्थूरयोराध्वन्नश्वासो वृषणो युजानाः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.29.2

Transliteration

ā́ yásmin háste naryā́ mimikṣúr ā́ ráthe hiraṇyáye rathe-sthā́ḥ | ā́ raśmáyo gábhastyoḥ sthūrā́yor ā́dhvann áśvāso vṛ́ṣaṇo yujānā́ḥ ||

Translation

Jiske haath mein puri taakat hai, woh sona rath pe khada hai. Uske haath mein lagam hai, dono haath pakde hain. Uske ghode taakat se bhare hain, raste pe chal rahe hain. Aise taakat aati hai jo rasta saaf karti hai.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हस्ते: in (his) hand
• हस्ते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• नर्या: manly, heroic
• नर्या: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नर्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘नर’ से)

• मिमिक्षुः: has mixed/has poured (in), has made to mingle
• मिमिक्षुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मिक्ष्/मिक्ष (धातु; ‘मिश्रणे/सिञ्चने’), परस्मैपद

• आ: hither, to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• रथे: on/in the chariot
• रथे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिरण्यये: golden
• हिरण्यये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यय (प्रातिपदिक)

• रथेष्ठाः: charioteers; those standing on the chariot
• रथेष्ठाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रथेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; रथ + स्था ‘standing/being on’)

• आ: hither, to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• रश्मयः: reins, rays (here: reins)
• रश्मयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रश्मि (प्रातिपदिक)

• गभस्त्योः: in the two hands (palms)
• गभस्त्योः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गभस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थूरयोः: strong, stout
• स्थूरयोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• आध्वन्: the path, course
• आध्वन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वासः: horses
• अश्वासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषणः: vigorous, stallion-like
• वृषणः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृषण (प्रातिपदिक)

• युजानाः: yoking themselves; being yoked
• युजानाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युजान (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, आत्मनेपद)