Rig Veda 7.69.6: Mandala 7, Sukta 69, Mantra 6

Sukta 7.69

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नरा गौरेव विद्युतं तृषाणास्माकमद्य सवनोप यातम् । पुरुत्रा हि वां मतिभिर्हवन्ते मा वामन्ये नि यमन्देवयन्तः ॥

Transliteration

nárā gauréva vidyútaṃ tṛṣāṇā́smā́kam adyá savanópa yātam | purutrā́ hí vām matíbhiḥ hávante mā́ vām anyé ní yamann deva-yántaḥ ||

Translation

O lords, like a bull’s lightning-flash, thirsting, come today to our pressing. For many are they who call you with their thoughts; let not other god-seekers hold you back from us.

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Word by Word

• नरा: O two men (i.e., the two Aśvins)
• नरा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर

• गौरेव: like a white/bright (one), like a bull/steed
• गौरेव: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun + Indeclinable
• Root: गौर + इव

• विद्युतम्: lightning, flash
• विद्युतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्युत्

• तृषाणौ: thirsting, eager (you two)
• तृषाणौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (Kṛdanta)
• Root: तृष् (धातु) → तृषाण (कृदन्त-विशेषण)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• सवनोप: to the pressing/oblation (soma-pressing), near to the savana
• सवनोप: Karma
• Type: Noun + Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: सवन + उप

• यातम्: come, go (you two)!
• यातम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या

• पुरुत्रा: in many places, widely
• पुरुत्रा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरुत्रा

• हि: for, indeed
• हि: (सम्बन्ध/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• वाम्: of you two / you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• मतिभिः: with thoughts, with hymns/prayers
• मतिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति

• हवन्ते: they call/invoke
• हवन्ते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वे

• मा: do not
• मा: (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• वाम्: you two
• वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य

• नि: down, away; (as preverb)
• नि: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: नि

• यमन्: may they restrain/hold back
• यमन्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम्

• देवयन्तः: seeking the gods, pious/worshipping
• देवयन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Kṛdanta)
• Root: देवयन्त् (देवयति < देव + य)