Rig Veda 6.23.6: Mandala 6, Sukta 23, Mantra 6
Sukta 6.23
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ब्रह्माणि हि चकृषे वर्धनानि तावत्त इन्द्र मतिभिर्विविष्मः । सुते सोमे सुतपाः शंतमानि राण्ड्या क्रियास्म वक्षणानि यज्ञैः ॥
Transliteration
bráhmāṇi hí cakṛṣé várdhanāni tā́vat te indra matí-bhir viviṣmaḥ | suté sóme suta-pāḥ śáṃ-tamāni rā́ṇḍyā kriyāsma vákṣaṇāni yajñáiḥ ||
Translation
まことに汝は梵言（brahman）を増力のものとして作り給うた。ゆえにインドラよ、われらは思惟（mati）によって汝を選び求める。搾られたソーマを飲む者よ、祭祀によってわれらに最も安らぎをもたらす繁栄を、豊かな享受を——われらを前へ運ぶ賜物を——成し給え。
Word by Word
ब्रह्माणिsacred formulations, hymns
ब्रह्माणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
चकृषेyou have made
चकृषे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
वर्धनानिstrengthenings, means of increase
वर्धनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर्धन (प्रातिपदिक; √वृध्-णिच्/वर्ध् से)
तावत्so far, to that extent
तावत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतावत्
तेfor you / to you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
—
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मतिभिःwith thoughts, with hymnic inspirations
मतिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमति (प्रातिपदिक)
विविष्मःwe have sought/approached (you)
विविष्मः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विष्/√विश् (धातु; ‘सेव्/प्रवेश्/आश्रय’—वेदे ‘विविष्’ = ‘उपसेव्/प्राप्’)
सुतेwhen the Soma is pressed / in the pressed (Soma)
सुते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसुत (कृदन्त; √सु ‘अभिषव’ → सुत ‘pressed’)
सोमेin Soma
सोमे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
सुतपाःO well-ardent/strongly-heated one
सुतपाः:
—
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootसुतपा (प्रातिपदिक; सु-तपस् ‘good-heat/strong-austerity’)
शंतमानिmost beneficent (things), best blessings
शंतमानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootशंतम (प्रातिपदिक; शम् + तम)
राण्ड्याwith want/poverty (i.e., in a state of lack)
राण्ड्या:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootराण्ड्या (प्रातिपदिक; ‘राण्ड्य’ = अभाव/दैन्य/असमृद्धि ‘want, lack’)
क्रियास्मmay we do / let us perform
क्रियास्म:
—
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
वक्षणानिaids, means of conveyance/bringing (supports)
वक्षणानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवक्षण (प्रातिपदिक; √वह्/√वक्ष् ‘वह/वह्नि’—वेदे ‘वक्षण’ = ‘वाहन/वहन-शक्ति, aids’)
यज्ञैःby sacrifices, with rites
यज्ञैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
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