Rig Veda 6.45.8: Mandala 6, Sukta 45, Mantra 8

Sukta 6.45

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; verify in metrically marked editions)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यस्य विश्वानि हस्तयोरूचुर्वसूनि नि द्विता । वीरस्य पृतनाषहः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.45.8

Transliteration

yásya víśvāni hástayor ūcúr vásūni ní dvitā́ | vīrásya pṛtanāṣáhaḥ ||

Translation

He in whose two hands all riches are set down—again and again—he, the hero who overcomes the battles: to that Indra we turn, for the steady establishment of inner wealth.

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Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• विश्वानि: all (things)
• विश्वानि: कर्तृ (with उचुः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• हस्तयोः: in (his) two hands
• हस्तयोः: अधिकरण (location: in/on the two hands)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊचुः: have spoken / have declared
• ऊचुः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)

• वसूनि: goods, riches
• वसूनि: कर्म (object of implied ‘to bestow/contain’; appositional to ‘all things’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down, into; firmly
• नि: क्रियाविशेषण (direction/intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• द्विता: in two ways; doubly
• द्विता: क्रियाविशेषण (manner/time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्वि (संख्याधातु/प्रातिपदिक) → द्वितीय-भाव

• वीरस्य: of the hero
• वीरस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive: of the hero)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृतनाषहः: battle-overcoming, conqueror of battles
• पृतनाषहः: विशेषण/सम्बोधन-सम्बन्ध (epithet of the deity/hero referred to)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पृतना-षह (कृदन्त-समास; √सह ‘to overcome’ with पृतना ‘battle’)