Rig Veda 6.21.6: Mandala 6, Sukta 21, Mantra 6
Sukta 6.21
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) (traditional)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तं पृच्छन्तोऽवरासः पराणि प्रत्ना त इन्द्र श्रुत्यानु येमुः । अर्चामसि वीर ब्रह्मवाहो यादेव विद्म तात्त्वा महान्तम् ॥
Transliteration
taṃ pṛcchanto 'varāsaḥ parāṇi pratnā ta indra śrutyā anu yemuḥ | arcāmasi vīra brahma-vāho yād eva vidma tāt tvā mahāntam ||
Translation
下なる者らは求めて、上なる事どもを問いかけた。インドラよ、汝の古き真理を、彼らは聞き伝えに従って歩んだ。われらは汝を讃歌する、勇士よ、ブラフマン（brahman）を担う者よ——われらの知るかぎり——ゆえに汝を「大いなる者」と確言する。
Word by Word
तम्him/that (one)
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पृच्छन्तःasking, inquiring
पृच्छन्तः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb-derived Participle
Rootप्रच्छ् (धातु) → पृच्छत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
अवरासःthe lower/younger (ones)
अवरासः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअवर (प्रातिपदिक)
पराणिthe former (deeds/acts)
पराणि:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपरा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘former/earlier’)
प्रत्नाancient (ones), primeval
प्रत्ना:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you/your
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रुत्याby hearing, by report/tradition
श्रुत्या:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootश्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुafter, according to
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (अव्यय)
येमुःthey have followed/held to
येमुः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (धातु) with preverb अनु- → अनु-यम्
अर्चामसिwe praise, we sing
अर्चामसि:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च् (धातु)
वीरO hero
वीर:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मवाहोO bearer of sacred prayer
ब्रह्मवाहो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Adjective (vocative, compound)
Rootब्रह्म-वाह (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘bearing/bringing brahman’)
यत्what/that which
यत्:
कर्म
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed, just
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
विद्मwe know
विद्म:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
तात्therefore, so
तात्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (Vedic)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → तात् (Vedic particle/ablatival adverb)
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
महान्तम्great, mighty
महान्तम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
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