Rig Veda 6.57.6: Mandala 6, Sukta 57, Mantra 6
Sukta 6.57
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)
Devata: Pūṣan and Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत्पूषणं युवामहेऽभीशूँरिव सारथिः । मह्या इन्द्रं स्वस्तये ॥
Transliteration
út pūṣáṇaṃ yuvāmahe ’bhīśū́n-iva sā́rathiḥ | mahyā́ indrā svastáye ||
Translation
ഞങ്ങൾ പൂഷനെ മേലോട്ടുയർത്തി ഉണർത്തുന്നു—സാരഥി കുതിരകളുടെ കയറുകൾ മുറുക്കുന്നതുപോലെ; ഞങ്ങളുടെ മഹത്തായ ക്ഷേമം (സ്വസ്തി) വേണ്ടി ഇന്ദ്രനെയും ഉണർത്തുന്നു—ചേതനയുടെ യാത്ര നേരെയും സുരക്ഷിതമായും പോകാൻ।
Word by Word
उत्up, forth, out (preverb intensifying the verb)
उत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (उपसर्ग) / ud-
पूषणम्Pūṣan (the god Pūṣan)
पूषणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपूषण (प्रातिपदिक) / Pūṣan
युवामहेwe yoke / we harness (for ourselves)
युवामहे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootयु (धातु) / yu-
अभीशून्reins
अभीशून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअभीशु (प्रातिपदिक) / abhīśu
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
सारथिःcharioteer
सारथिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसारथि (प्रातिपदिक) / sārathi
मह्यैfor the great one / for greatness (as a boon)
मह्यै:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootमहि (प्रातिपदिक) / mahī
इन्द्राO (you) two Indras (dual address)
इन्द्रा:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) / Indra
स्वस्तयेfor well-being, for welfare
स्वस्तये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootस्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक) / svasti
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