Rig Veda 6.74.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 74, Mantra 4
Sukta 6.74
Rishi: Bharadvāja (traditional for Maṇḍala 6)
Devata: Soma-Rudra (with an allusive presence of Varuṇa as cosmic binder)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तिग्मायुधौ तिग्महेती सुशेवौ सोमारुद्राविह सु मृळतं नः । प्र नो मुञ्चतं वरुणस्य पाशाद्गोपायतं नः सुमनस्यमाना ॥
Transliteration
tigmā́yudhau tigmáhetī suśévau somā́rudrāv ihá sú mṛḷataṃ naḥ | prá no muñcataṃ váruṇasya pā́śād gopā́yataṃ naḥ sumanasyámānā ||
Translation
鋭き武器を持ち、鋭き矢を放ちながら、なお恵み深きソーマとルドラよ—まさにここにて、われらを大いに憐れみたまえ。ヴァルナの縄（パーシャ）より、われらを前へと解き放ち、善意の心もてわれらを守りたまえ。
Word by Word
ति॒ग्मायु॑धौO sharp-weaponed (two)
ति॒ग्मायु॑धौ:
सम्बोधन (addressed deities)
TypeAdjective (dual vocative epithet)
Rootतिग्म-आयुध
ति॒ग्महे॑तीO having sharp missiles (two)
ति॒ग्महे॑ती:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (dual vocative epithet)
Rootतिग्म-हेति
सु॒शेवौ॒O very gracious/kind (two)
सु॒शेवौ॒:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (dual vocative epithet)
Rootसु-शेव
सोमा॑रुद्रौO Soma and Rudra
सोमा॑रुद्रौ:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (dvandva proper name)
Rootसोम + रुद्र
इ॒हhere
इ॒ह:
अधिकरण (place)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
सुwell, indeed
सु:
(modifier)
TypeIndeclinable (particle/intensifier)
Rootसु
मृ॑ळतंbe gracious / show mercy
मृ॑ळतं:
क्रिया (addressed to the deities)
TypeVerb
Rootमृळ् (मृड्) / मृडय्
नःto us / our
नः:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (to us / for us)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
प्रforth, away
प्र:
(verb-modifier)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootप्र
नःus
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
मुञ्चतंrelease, set free
मुञ्चतं:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootमुच्
वरु॑णस्यof Varuṇa
वरु॑णस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण
पाशा॑त्from the noose/bond
पाशा॑त्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootपाश
गोपा॒यतं॑protect
गोपा॒यतं॑:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootगोपाय् (नामधातु from गोपाय/गोप) / causative sense ‘to protect’
नःus
नः:
कर्म/सम्प्रदान (object ‘us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
सुमन॒स्यमा॑नाbeing well-minded / favorably disposed
सुमन॒स्यमा॑ना:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (qualifier of the addressed deities)
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Rootसु-मनस् + √अस् (denominative/verb ‘to be well-disposed’) → सुमनस्य; participle from सुमनस्यते
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