Rig Veda 6.28.1 - Mandala 6, Sukta 28, Mantra 1

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Rig Veda 6.28.1: Mandala 6, Sukta 28, Mantra 1

Sukta 6.28

Rishi: Bharadvāja (traditional for Maṇḍala 6; this hymn is the famous Go-sūkta in Book 6)

Devata: Go (Cows) / associated with Indra and Uṣas (symbolic powers of light and increase)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 6.28.1)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ गावो अग्मन्नुत भद्रमक्रन्त्सीदन्तु गोष्ठे रणयन्त्वस्मे । प्रजावतीः पुरुरूपा इह स्युरिन्द्राय पूर्वीरुषसो दुहानाः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.28.1

Transliteration

ā́ gā́vo agmann utá bhadrám akran sīdántu goṣṭhé raṇáyantv asmè | prajā́vatīḥ pururū́pā ihá syur índrāya pū́vīr uṣáso dúhānāḥ ||

Translation

गायें आ गई हैं और अच्छा काम किया है। चलो वो चराने वाली जगह बैठ जाएँ और हमें खुश करें। उनके बच्चे हों, अच्छे रूप वाली हों। जैसे पुरानी सुबह इंद्र के लिए दूध देती थी, वैसे ही यह भी हमें देती रहें।

Word by Word

आhither, towards

गावःcows

अग्मन्came

उतand, also

भद्रम्auspiciously; good (thing)

अक्रन्त्stepped, strode

सीदन्तुlet them sit down

गोष्ठेin the cowshed, in the stall

रणयन्तुlet them gladden, delight

अस्मेfor us, to us

प्रजावतीःhaving offspring, fruitful

पुरुरूपाःof many forms/colours

इहhere

स्युःmay they be

इन्द्रायfor Indra

पूर्वीःmany/abundant; former (i.e., long-established)

उषसःof Dawn

दुहानाःmilking, yielding (milk)

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