Rig Veda 6.68.8: Mandala 6, Sukta 68, Mantra 8

Sukta 6.68

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya lineage) (traditional ascription for Mandala 6); specific verse-level rishi not distinguished in common Anukramaṇī summaries.

Devata: Indra-Varuṇa (dual deity: forceful illumination and vast truth-order).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (typical for RV 6; this verse exhibits triṣṭubh cadence).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नू न इन्द्रावरुणा गृणाना पृङ्क्तं रयिं सौश्रवसाय देवा । इत्था गृणन्तो महिनस्य शर्धोऽपो न नावा दुरिता तरेम ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.68.8

Transliteration

nū́ na indrā́varuṇā gṛṇānā́ pṛṅktáṃ rayíṃ sauśrávasāya devā́ | itthā́ gṛṇánto mahínasya śárdho ’pó na nā́vā duritā́ tarema ||

Translation

Now, O Indra and Varuṇa, as we voice you in the chant, blend into us the rayi—an opulence of being that becomes good hearing and true renown in the soul, O gods. Thus praising, a company under the Greatness, may we cross beyond the difficult passages, as over waters by a boat.

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Word by Word

• नू: now
• नू: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नू

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• इन्द्रावरुणा: Indra and Varuṇa
• इन्द्रावरुणा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual deity-compound)
• Root: इन्द्र-वरुण (द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक)

• गृणाना: being praised / while being sung to
• गृणाना: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √गॄ (गिर्/गृण् ‘to sing, praise’)

• पृङ्क्तम्: let (the two) bestow / join
• पृङ्क्तम्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पृच्/पृङ्क् (पृङ्क्ति ‘to mix, join, bestow/attach’)

• रयिम्: wealth
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि

• सौश्रवसाय: for good renown / for Sauśravas (the well-famed)
• सौश्रवसाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (dative)
• Root: सौश्रवस (सु-श्रवस् ‘good fame/renown’; possessive/derivative) अथवा सौश्रवस- (नाम/विशेषण)

• देवा: O gods
• देवा: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव

• इत्था: thus
• इत्था: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्था

• गृणन्तः: praising (we/they), singing
• गृणन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √गॄ (गृण्)

• महिनस्य: of might / of greatness
• महिनस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिन (महिमा/महिन् ‘greatness, might’)

• शर्धः: host, troop
• शर्धः: Kartā (appositional to gṛṇantaḥ: ‘the host’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्धस्

• अपः: waters
• अपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्

• न: like
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• नावाः: by a boat
• नावाः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ/नावा

• दुरितानि: difficulties, sins, misfortunes
• दुरितानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरित

• तरेम: may we cross over
• तरेम: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तॄ (तरति ‘to cross’)