Rig Veda 1.6.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.6

Rishi: Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra (traditional attribution for RV 1.6)

Devata: Indra (with an addressed associated figure/power ‘Mandū’ in the verse)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (standard for RV 1.6)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इन्द्रेण सं हि दृक्षसे संजग्मानो अबिभ्युषा । मन्दू समानवर्चसा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.6.7

Transliteration

índreṇa sáṃ hí dṛ́kṣase saṃjagmā́nó abíbhyuṣā | mandū́ samā́navarcasā ||

Translation

With Indra indeed you are seen in union—having come together with the unshrinking (power of the soul); O Mandū, you move in a single radiance (of equal splendour).

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Word by Word

• इन्द्रेण: with/through Indra
• इन्द्रेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• दृक्षसे: you see/you behold
• दृक्षसे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)

• सम्: together
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• जग्मानः: having gone/approaching
• जग्मानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: गम् (धातु) → जग्मन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिभ्युषा: with overpowering/overcoming (might); as one who overcomes
• अभिभ्युषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: अभि-भू (धातु) → अभिभ्युष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्दू: the gladdener/joy-giver (a Vedic epithet, esp. of Soma/Indra)
• मन्दू: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दू (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक)

• समानवर्चसा: with equal splendor; of like radiance
• समानवर्चसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समान-वर्चस् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)