Rig Veda 6.73.1: Mandala 6, Sukta 73, Mantra 1
Sukta 6.73
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (traditional for this Bṛhaspati hymn cluster)
Devata: Bṛhaspati
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो अद्रिभित्प्रथमजा ऋतावा बृहस्पतिराङ्गिरसो हविष्मान् । द्विबर्हज्मा प्राघर्मसत्पिता न आ रोदसी वृषभो रोरवीति ॥
Transliteration
yó adribhít prathamajā́ ṛtā́vā bṛ́haspátir āṅgirásō havíṣmān | dvibárhajmā prāgharmasát pitā́ na ā́ rodasī vṛṣabhó roravīti ||
Translation
岩を打ち砕く者、リタ（ṛta）の初生なる者——ブリハスパティ、アンギラス族の聖、供物に富む。二重に大いなる成長をもち、灼熱の座に坐す、われらの父。力の牡牛として、二つの世界（天と地）に向かい咆哮する。
Word by Word
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (सम्बन्ध-प्रवर्तकः; यः = ‘who’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अद्रिभित्rock-splitter
अद्रिभित्:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृवाचकः)
TypeAdjective (agent-noun) / Epithet
Rootअद्रि + भिद् (धातु) → ‘अद्रि-भिद्’
प्रथमजाःfirst-born
प्रथमजाः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम + जन् (धातु) → ‘प्रथम-जा’
ऋतावाpossessing ṛta; righteous/true
ऋतावा:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋत + वान् (मतुप्/वान्-प्रत्ययः) → ‘ऋतावान्’
बृहस्पतिःBṛhaspati
बृहस्पतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (deity)
Rootबृहस् + पति (प्रातिपदिक) → ‘बृहस्पति’
आङ्गिरसःthe Aṅgiras (one of the Aṅgirases)
आङ्गिरसः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun/Adjective (clan-epithet)
Rootआङ्गिरस (प्रातिपदिक; अङ्गिरस्-सम्बद्धः)
हविष्मान्possessing oblation; offering-rich
हविष्मान्:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootहविस् + मान् (मतुप्/मान्-प्रत्ययः) → ‘हविष्मन्त्’
द्विबर्हज्माhaving a double ‘barhis’/double seat (ritual epithet)
द्विबर्हज्मा:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootद्वि + बर्हिस्/बर्हन् + ज्मन्/ज्मा (प्रातिपदिक-समास; वेदिक-विशेषण)
प्राघर्मसत्sitting at/with the Pravargya (hot-milk rite); ‘at the gharmá’
प्राघर्मसत्:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (present participial/agentive epithet)
Rootप्र + घर्म + सद् (धातु) → ‘प्राघर्म-सत्’
सत्पिताtrue/good father
सत्पिता:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootसत् + पिता (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
नःof us; our
नः:
Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (स्वाम्यर्थे)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
आtowards; hither
आ:
— (क्रियाविशेषकः/दिशासूचकः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
Karma (आ-गमन/व्याप्त्यर्थे लक्ष्य-रूपेण)
TypeNoun (dual)
Rootरोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; द्यावा-पृथिव्यौ)
वृषभःbull; mighty one
वृषभः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
रोरवीतिroars; resounds
रोरवीति:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootरु (धातु) / रोरव् (तीव्र-आवृत्त-धातुरूप) + इति (लट्)
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