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Rig Veda 6.68.3: Mandala 6, Sukta 68, Mantra 3

Sukta 6.68

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)
Devata: Indra-Varuṇa
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)

ता गृणीहि नमस्येभिः शूषैः सुम्नेभिरिन्द्रावरुणा चकाना । वज्रेणान्यः शवसा हन्ति वृत्रं सिषक्त्यन्यो वृजनेषु विप्रः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.68.3

tā́ gṛṇīhi namasyébhíḥ śūṣáiḥ sumnébhír indrā́varuṇā cakānā́ | vájreṇā́nyaḥ śávasā hánti vṛtráṃ síṣakty anyó vṛjánéṣu vípraḥ ||

Sing to those two, Indra and Varuṇa, with acts of reverence, with energies and happy widenesses, delighting in the offering. One smites the obstruction with the thunderbolt by sheer force; the other, the seer, establishes and binds the right workings in the fields of action.

ताःthose (praises/words)
ताः:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गृणीहिpraise/sing
गृणीहि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगृ (गृणीते/गृणाति) स्तुतौ
नमस्येभिःwith reverential (hymns/acts of homage)
नमस्येभिः:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootनमस्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; नम् + य)
शूषैःwith strength/vehemence
शूषैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootशूष (प्रातिपदिक)
सुम्नेभिःwith favors/goodwill
सुम्नेभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootसुम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रावरुणाIndra and Varuṇa
इन्द्रावरुणा:
सम्प्रदान (स्तुत्य-देवता)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र-वरुण (द्वन्द्व-समास प्रातिपदिक)
चकानाrejoicing/delighting
चकाना:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeParticiple
Rootचके (√कन्/कन्?; Vedic: √कन्/√कद् ‘to be pleased’ > चकान-)
वज्रेणwith the thunderbolt
वज्रेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्यःone (of the two)
अन्यः:
कर्ता
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
शवसाwith might
शवसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootशवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
हन्तिslays
हन्ति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् हिंसायाम्
वृत्रम्Vṛtra (the obstructor)
वृत्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सिषक्तिattaches/engages (himself)
सिषक्ति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसञ्ज्/सस्ज् (Vedic √सिषक्/√सज् ‘to attach, join, press on’)
अन्यःthe other (of the two)
अन्यः:
कर्ता
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
वृजनेषुin the battle-fields/contests
वृजनेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootवृजन (प्रातिपदिक)
विप्रःthe inspired sage/poet
विप्रः:
कर्ता (अन्यः = विप्रः)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

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