Rig Veda 6.28.4 - Mandala 6, Sukta 28, Mantra 4

Rig Veda 6.28.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 28, Mantra 4

Sukta 6.28

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (Mandala 6 tradition)

Devata: Gāvaḥ (Rays/Cows), with protecting power (uru-gāya, abhayam) implicitly invoked

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न ता अर्वा रेणुककाटो अश्नुते न संस्कृतत्रमुप यन्ति ता अभि । उरुगायमभयं तस्य ता अनु गावो मर्तस्य वि चरन्ति यज्वनः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.28.4

Transliteration

ná tā́ arvā́ reṇú-kakāṭo aśnute ná saṃskṛtatrám úpa yanti tā́ abhí | uru-gāyám ábhayam tásya tā́ ánu gā́vo mártasya ví caranti yájvanaḥ ||

Translation

疾き襲い手も、塵を巻く追手も、かの者らには及ばない。よく設けられた罠にも、彼女らは近づかない。広く行きわたる、畏れなき御方に彼女らは従う。その庇護のもと、祭祀する人のうちに、牛ら（光の牝牛）は妨げなく遍く遊行する。

Word by Word

नnot

ताःthose (cows)

अर्वाःthe horse

रेणुककाटःthe ‘Reṇukakāṭa’ (a harmful creature/parasite; lit. dust-biter)

अश्नुतेattains/reaches/gets

नnot

संस्कृतत्रम्the prepared/ordered place (well-arranged enclosure/settlement)

उपtowards, near

यन्तिthey go

ताःthose (cows)

अभिtowards, against, around

उरुगायम्the far-famed/wide-sung (one)

अभयम्fearlessness, safety

तस्यof him/its

ताःthose (cows)

अनुafter, along

गावःcows

मर्तस्यof the mortal (man)

विapart, widely

चरन्तिthey roam, move about

यज्वनःof the sacrificer

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