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

O Soma and Rudra, keen-weaponed, keen-darted, yet gracious—here indeed be very merciful to us. Release us forward from Varuṇa’s noose, and guard us, holding a happy, benevolent mind toward us.

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Word by Word

• ति॒ग्मायु॑धौ: O sharp-weaponed (two)
• ति॒ग्मायु॑धौ: सम्बोधन (addressed deities)
• Type: Adjective (dual vocative epithet)
• Root: तिग्म-आयुध

• ति॒ग्महे॑ती: O having sharp missiles (two)
• ति॒ग्महे॑ती: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (dual vocative epithet)
• Root: तिग्म-हेति

• सु॒शेवौ॒: O very gracious/kind (two)
• सु॒शेवौ॒: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (dual vocative epithet)
• Root: सु-शेव

• सोमा॑रुद्रौ: O Soma and Rudra
• सोमा॑रुद्रौ: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (dvandva proper name)
• Root: सोम + रुद्र

• इ॒ह: here
• इ॒ह: अधिकरण (place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• सु: well, indeed
• सु: (modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable (particle/intensifier)
• Root: सु

• मृ॑ळतं: be gracious / show mercy
• मृ॑ळतं: क्रिया (addressed to the deities)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृळ् (मृड्) / मृडय्

• नः: to us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (to us / for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• प्र: forth, away
• प्र: (verb-modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र

• नः: us
• नः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• मुञ्चतं: release, set free
• मुञ्चतं: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्

• वरु॑णस्य: of Varuṇa
• वरु॑णस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण

• पाशा॑त्: from the noose/bond
• पाशा॑त्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश

• गोपा॒यतं॑: protect
• गोपा॒यतं॑: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: गोपाय् (नामधातु from गोपाय/गोप) / causative sense ‘to protect’

• नः: us
• नः: कर्म/सम्प्रदान (object ‘us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• सुमन॒स्यमा॑ना: being well-minded / favorably disposed
• सुमन॒स्यमा॑ना: कर्तृ-विशेषण (qualifier of the addressed deities)
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: सु-मनस् + √अस् (denominative/verb ‘to be well-disposed’) → सुमनस्य; participle from सुमनस्यते