Rig Veda 6.10.7 — Mandala 6, Sukta 10, Mantra 7
Sukta 6.10
Rishi: Bharadvāja
Devata: Agni (as remover of hostility and increaser of iḷā)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (shortened/elliptic closing; often treated as a concluding pāda-pair in recensional practice)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वि द्वेषांसीनुहि वर्धयेळां मदेम शतहिमाः सुवीराः ॥
Transliteration
ví dveṣā́ṃsīnuhí vardháyeḷā́m | mádemá śatá-himāḥ su-vī́rāḥ ||
Translation
Drive out the hatreds; increase the illumined richness (iḷā). May we grow glad in the divine rapture—strong to endure a hundred winters—possessing noble hero-powers.
Word by Word
विapart, asunder, forth
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि- (उपसर्ग) / √विभज् (अर्थ-प्रवृत्तिः)
द्वेषांसिhatreds, hostile acts
द्वेषांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्वेषस्- (प्रातिपदिक) < √द्विष्
नुnow, indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)
हिfor, indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
वर्धयेळाम्increase (you) the refreshment/Idā
वर्धयेळाम्:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया); Karma = इळाम्
TypeVerb (with object) / Kṛdanta-like causative stem
Rootवर्धय्- (कारण-धातु) < √वृध्; + इळा- (प्रातिपदिक)
इळाम्Idā; refreshment, nourishment (sacrificial food/oblation)
इळाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइळा- (प्रातिपदिक)
मदेमmay we rejoice, be exhilarated
मदेम:
Kriyā (अनु-क्रिया); Kartā = वयं (अध्याहृत)
TypeVerb
Root√मद् (हर्षे/मादे)
शतहिमाःhaving a hundred winters; very long-lived
शतहिमाः:
Kartā/Viśeṣaṇa (सुवीराः-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (numeral compound)
Rootशत- + हिम- (प्रातिपदिक)
सुवीराःpossessing good heroes/sons; well-manned, strong in heroes
सुवीराः:
Kartā (मदेम इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसु- + वीर- (प्रातिपदिक)
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