Rig Veda 8.6.22: Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 22

Sukta 8.6

Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; verify metrically)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तवेदिन्द्र प्रणीतिषूत प्रशस्तिरद्रिवः । यज्ञो वितन्तसाय्यः ॥

Transliteration

tavéd indra pra-nī́tiṣūta práśastir adri-vaḥ | yajñó vitantasā́yyaḥ ||

Translation

O Indra, in your leadings indeed are praise and right direction, O wielder of the stone; and the sacrifice is spread out in its full extension—so the inner offering may travel safely to its goal.

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Word by Word

• तव: of you, your
• तव: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / युष्मद्

• इद्: indeed, just
• इद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद् (निपात)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र-

• प्रणीति-षु: in (your) guidances/leadings
• प्रणीति-षु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणीति- (प्र + √नी ‘to lead’ > प्रणीति ‘leading, guidance, conduct’)

• उत: and, also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• प्रशस्तिः: praise, laudation
• प्रशस्तिः: कर्तृ (of implied ‘is/exists’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रशस्ति- (प्र + √शंस् ‘to praise’ > प्रशस्ति ‘praise, laudation’)

• अद्रिवः: O stone/bolt-bearing one
• अद्रिवः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: अद्रिवन्- (अद्रि ‘stone’ + -वन् ‘possessing’; epithet of Indra ‘stone/bolt-bearing’)

• यज्ञः: the sacrifice
• यज्ञः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-

• वितन्तसै: for spreading/expanding
• वितन्तसै: प्रयोजन (purpose)
• Type: Verbal noun / Infinitival form
• Root: वि-तन्तस्- (वि + √तन् ‘to stretch’ > वितन्तस् ‘spreading, extension’; here as dat.-infinitival form)

• आ: towards, forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• साय्यः: (as) companionship/help; allied support
• साय्यः: कर्तृ/विशेषणभाव (predicate to यज्ञः) بحسب संदर्भ
• Type: Noun/Abstract
• Root: साय्य- (सह/सा + √इ ‘to go’ > ‘going together’; ‘companionship, fellowship’; also ‘help, alliance’)