Rig Veda 6.35.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 35, Mantra 4

Sukta 6.35

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (Bharadvāja family)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 6.35; verse-level meter not mechanically verified here)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स गोमघा जरित्रे अश्वश्चन्द्रा वाजश्रवसो अधि धेहि पृक्षः । पीपिहीषः सुदुघामिन्द्र धेनुं भरद्वाजेषु सुरुचो रुरुच्याः ॥

Transliteration

sa gómaghā jaritré áśvaś-candrā vājáśravaso ádhi dhehi pṛ́kṣaḥ | pīpihī́ṣaḥ sudúghām indra dhénuṃ bharádvājeṣu surúco rurucyāḥ ||

Translation

O Indra, set in us—upon the praiser—thy luminous energies: the cow-force that brings rays of knowledge, the horse-force that bears shining impulsions, and the plenitude of victorious power. Make grow for us the richly yielding Cow of Light, and in the Bharadvāja-strivings let the bright splendours blaze forth.

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Word by Word

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गोमघाः: rich in cattle-gifts
• गोमघाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: गोमघ (प्रातिपदिक; गो- + मघ ‘gift/wealth’)

• जरित्रे: to the praiser
• जरित्रे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √गॄ/√जर् ‘to sing/praise’ → ‘praiser’)

• अश्वश्चन्द्राः: having bright/pleasant horses
• अश्वश्चन्द्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (bahuvrīhi epithet)
• Root: अश्वचन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; अश्व ‘horse’ + चन्द्र ‘bright/pleasant’)

• वाजश्रवसः: of Vājaśravas (the patron) / of prize-fame
• वाजश्रवसः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun (proper name/epithet)
• Root: वाजश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक; वाज ‘prize/strength’ + श्रवस् ‘fame’)

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• धेहि: place! bestow!
• धेहि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (दधाति)

• पृक्षः: nourishments, strengthening gifts
• पृक्षः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘nourishment/refreshment, strengthening food’)

• पीपिहीषः: keep filling / make (it) swell
• पीपिहीषः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb (intensive/iterative injunctive-like Vedic form used as exhortation)
• Root: √पा/√पि (intensive/reduplicated desiderative-like form; Vedic) + -इष (wish)

• सुदुघाम्: well-milking
• सुदुघाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुघा (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + दुह ‘to milk’ → ‘good-milking’)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• धेनुम्: the cow
• धेनुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• भरद्वाजेषु: among the Bharadvājas
• भरद्वाजेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (plural)
• Root: भरद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक; clan/poets ‘Bharadvājas’)

• सुरुचः: splendid, radiant
• सुरुचः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरुच् (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + रुच् ‘to shine’ → ‘bright, splendid’)

• रुरुच्याः: shine forth / make (them) shine
• रुरुच्याः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुच् (रुच्यति) with reduplication (intensive) ‘रुरुच्’