Rig Veda 4.23.6: Mandala 4, Sukta 23, Mantra 6
Sukta 4.23
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for RV 4.23)
Devata: Luminous divine power at Dawn (Uṣas-complex; the ‘he’ whose vapuḥ and sargaḥ appear)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verse-level verification needed)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
किमादमत्रं सख्यं सखिभ्यः कदा नु ते भ्रात्रं प्र ब्रवाम । श्रिये सुदृशो वपुरस्य सर्गाः स्वर्ण चित्रतममिष आ गोः ॥
Transliteration
kím ād amátram sakhyáṃ sakhíbhyaḥ kadā́ nu té bhrā́traṃ prá bravāma | śriyé su-dṛ́śo vápur asyá sárgāḥ svàrṇa citrá-tamam iṣé ā́ góḥ ||
Translation
友らのためのこの量り知れぬ友契の絆とは何か——そしていつ、われらは汝の兄弟性を宣言し得るのか。栄光のために、彼の善く見る麗しき姿は、その流出（ほとばしり）として解き放たれる。天の黄金のごとく、最も驚異にして、牝牛（光輝の光）の衝動として来たる。
Word by Word
किम्what?
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक) सर्वनाम
आtowards; indeed
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम)
अत्रम्here
अत्रम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय) + अम् (वेदिक-प्रत्यय) → अत्रम्
सख्यम्friendship; alliance
सख्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसख्य (प्रातिपदिक; सखि-सम्बन्ध)
सखिभ्यःto/for the friends
सखिभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रातिपदिक)
कदाwhen?
कदा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदा (अव्यय)
नुnow; indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
तेof you; your
ते:
—
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
भ्रात्रम्brotherhood; brother (as relation)
भ्रात्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth; forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
ब्रवामlet us two speak/say
ब्रवाम:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
श्रियेfor splendor/prosperity
श्रिये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootश्री (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
सुदृशःthe fair-seeing/beautiful one
सुदृशः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-दृश् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good-looking’)
वपुःform; body; beauty
वपुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof this/of him
अस्य:
—
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम)
सर्गाःoutpourings; emissions; creations
सर्गाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वर्णम्gold; golden (thing)
स्वर्णम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्रतमम्most wondrous; most brilliant
चित्रतमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootचित्रतम (प्रातिपदिक; चित्र + तमप्)
इषेfor refreshment/strength
इषे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootइष्/इषा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘refreshment/strength’)
आunto; towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
गोःfrom the cow; from cattle (source)
गोः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
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