Rig Veda 6.53.5: Mandala 6, Sukta 53, Mantra 5

Sukta 6.53

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition for Maṇḍala 6 (sūkta attribution commonly to Bharadvāja-line seers)

Devata: Pūṣan

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable for these short pāda-quarters; verify against pada-length in a metrical pass)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

परि तृन्धि पणीनामारया हृदया कवे । अथेमस्मभ्यं रन्धय ॥

Transliteration

pári tṛndhi paṇīnā́m ā́rayā hṛ́dayā kave | áthém asmábhyaṁ randhaya ||

Translation

見者なるプーシャン（Pūṣan）よ、識別する意志の内なる槍をもって、心の領域からパニ（Paṇi）なる溜め込み手どもを四方より断ち切れ。しかして彼らが差し控える豊かさを、われらに屈して与えさせよ。

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Word by Word

• परि: around; completely
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तृन्धि: pierce/cut through!
• तृन्धि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृद्/तृन्द् (धातु) ‘to pierce, cut, break’

• पणी॒नाम्: of the Paṇis
• पणी॒नाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation to the object/target)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पणि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘Pani, miser/hoarder’

• आर॑या: with an enemy (hostile force)
• आर॑या: करण (instrument: ‘with/by the enemy…’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरि/आरि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘enemy, hostile one’

• हृद॑या: with (your) heart
• हृद॑या: करण (instrument: ‘with the heart’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक) ‘heart’

• कवे: O seer/poet!
• कवे: सम्बोधन (addressed person)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘seer, poet, sage’

• अथ: then; and then
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)

• इमम्: this (one/this)
• इमम्: कर्म (object of ‘make/subject’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मभ्यम्: to/for us
• अस्मभ्यम्: सम्प्रदान (recipient/beneficiary)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रन्धय: make (him/it) yield; subject!
• रन्धय: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रन्ध् (धातु) ‘to subject, subdue; to make yield/give’