Rig Veda 6.62.4 — Mandala 6, Sukta 62, Mantra 4

Sukta 6.62

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (traditional attribution for Mandala 6)

Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā), the twin healers and swift bringers of aid; verse also invokes the inner Hotṛ (Agni) as officiant

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 6.62; verify pada-length in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ता नव्यसो जरमाणस्य मन्मोप भूषतो युयुजानसप्ती । शुभं पृक्षमिषमूर्जं वहन्ता होता यक्षत्प्रत्नो अध्रुग्युवाना ॥

Transliteration

tā navyàso járamāṇasya mánmópa bhūṣato yuyujāná-saptī | śúbhaṁ pṛ́kṣam íṣam ū́rjaṁ váhantā hótā yákṣat pratnó adhrúg yúvānā ||

Translation

Those two ever-renewing powers, adorning the thought of the growing seeker, yoked in their sevenfold working, bear for him the bright increase—impulse and nourishing strength. May the ancient, undeceiving priest within sacrifice to them, while they remain ever-youthful in their divine action.

Word by Word

• तौ: those two (they two)
• तौ: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नव्यसः: the newer (worshippers/poets)
• नव्यसः: कर्तृ (तौ इति सह—स्तुतिकर्तारः) / विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव्य (प्रातिपदिक; नव ‘new’ से)

• जरमाणस्य: of the aging (one)
• जरमाणस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Adjective (participle used substantively)
• Root: जरमाण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √जॄ/जर् ‘to grow old, wear’ → जरमाण ‘aging’)

• मनम्: thought, hymn, intention
• मनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक रूप ‘मनम्’)

• उप: towards, near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• भूषतः: they two adorn / make splendid
• भूषतः: कर्तृ (तौ) / क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भूष् (to adorn, make splendid)

• युयुजानौ: yoking / having yoked
• युयुजानौ: कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (तौ)
• Type: Participle (perfect/ intensive perfect participle used adjectivally)
• Root: √युज् (to yoke, join) → युयुजान (परिपूर्ण/परस्मै?; वैदिक परस्मै-प्रयोगः)

• सप्ती: two mares/steeds
• सप्ती: कर्म (युयुजानौ—‘yoking the two mares/steeds’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्ति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mare/steed’ in RV usage)

• शुभम्: auspicious, splendid
• शुभम्: कर्म (वहन्ता—‘bearing the auspicious…’) / विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृक्षम्: refreshment, sprinkling (nourishing draught)
• पृक्षम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sprinkling/refreshment, mixture’; RV)

• इषम्: nourishment, food
• इषम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्/इषा (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊर्जम्: strength, vigor
• ऊर्जम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिक)

• वहन्ता: bearing, carrying
• वहन्ता: कर्तृ (तौ) / विशेषणम्
• Type: Participle
• Root: √वह् (to carry) → वहन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• होता: the Hotṛ-priest / invoker
• होता: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to sacrifice/invoke’)

• यक्षत्: let him worship / may he sacrifice
• यक्षत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यज् (to worship, sacrifice)

• प्रत्नः: ancient, primeval
• प्रत्नः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (होता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• अध्रुग्: unerring, straight, unfailing
• अध्रुग्: कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (होता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अध्रुग् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘unfailing, not crooked/false’)

• युवाना: the two young (ones)
• युवाना: कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (तौ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युवन् (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक द्विवचन/बहुवचन रूप ‘युवाना’)