Rig Veda 6.63.9: Mandala 6, Sukta 63, Mantra 9
Sukta 6.63
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)
Devata: Aśvinau (with gift-bestowal narrated; donor figure ‘śāṇḍa’ may be human patron or typified power)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत म ऋज्रे पुरयस्य रघ्वी सुमीळ्हे शतं पेरुके च पक्वा । शाण्डो दाद्धिरणिनः स्मद्दिष्टीन्दश वशासो अभिषाच ऋष्वान् ॥
Transliteration
utá ma ṛjŕe púrayasya raghvī́ sumīḷhé śatáṃ péruke ca pakvā́ | śāṇḍó dāddhiraṇínaḥ smad-diṣṭī́n dáśa vaśā́so abhi-sā́ca ṛṣvā́n ||
Translation
またわれのために、まっすぐにして迅き歩みのうちに、優美なる求めのうちに、熟した成就が百も到来した。力ある牡牛は黄金の贈り物を与えた――十頭の強き牝牛、寄り添い従い、力高くそびえる――それは神の扶助が生において具現した徴である。
Word by Word
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
मindeed (enclitic particle)
म:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निपातीय/एन्क्लिटिक)
ऋज्रेto/for the ‘ऋज्र’ (proper name/epithet)
ऋज्रे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootऋज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरयस्यof Puraya (proper name)
पुरयस्य:
—
TypeNoun (Proper name)
Rootपुरय (प्रातिपदिक)
रघ्वीswift (fem.)
रघ्वी:
Kartā (of implied verb ‘is/was/gave’ in the clause)
TypeAdjective
Rootरघ्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
सुमीळ्हेin/at the well-praised (one/place); in the ‘well-lauded’
सुमीळ्हे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootसुमीळ्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma
TypeNumeral
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
पेरुकेin/at Peruka (proper name)
पेरुके:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (Proper name/tribal/place)
Rootपेरुक (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
पक्वाripe, matured
पक्वा:
Kartā (coordinated subject) / or predicate-adjective
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootपक्व (प्रातिपदिक; √पच् क्त)
शाण्डःŚāṇḍa (proper name)
शाण्डः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (Proper name)
Rootशाण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
दाद्धिhas given / gave
दाद्धि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√दा (ददाति)
रणिनःof the fighter/warrior
रणिनः:
—
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootरणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
स्मत्from us
स्मत्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
दिष्टीन्hostilities, harms, evil designs
दिष्टीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदिष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
दशten
दश:
—
TypeNumeral
Rootदश (संख्या)
वशासःcows (vashā-cows)
वशासः:
Kartā (coordinated subject)
TypeNoun
Rootवशा (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिषाचthe assailer, attacker
अभिषाच:
Kartā (appositional/epithet)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअभि-√सच् (सचते) / अभिषाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋष्वान्lofty, mighty (ones)
ऋष्वान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootऋष्व (प्रातिपदिक)
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