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Rig Veda 6.61.13: Mandala 6, Sukta 61, Mantra 13

Sukta 6.61

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Sarasvatī
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; long, complex verse typical of triṣṭubh style)

प्र या महिम्ना महिनासु चेकिते द्युम्नेभिरन्या अपसामपस्तमा । रथ इव बृहती विभ्वने कृतोपस्तुत्या चिकितुषा सरस्वती ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.61.13

prá yā́ mahimnā́ mahinā́su cé kite dyumnébhiḥ anyā́ apásām apás-tamā́ | rátha iva bṛhatī́ ví-bhvane kṛtópa-stutyā́ cikituṣā́ sárasvatī ||

തന്റെ മഹിമയാൽ മഹത്തുകളിൽ പ്രത്യക്ഷമാകുന്നവൾ, തന്റെ ദ്യുതിമയ ശക്തികളാൽ മറ്റുള്ളവരെ മറികടക്കുന്നവൾ—കർമ്മങ്ങളിൽ ഏറ്റവും ഫലപ്രദയായ സരസ്വതി; രഥംപോലെ വിശാലഗതിയുള്ളവൾ, വിപുലഭവത്തിനായി രൂപിതയായവൾ, അറിവുള്ളവർ പുകഴ്ത്തേണ്ടവൾ.

प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
याshe who
या:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
महिम्नाby greatness, through majesty
महिम्ना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमहिमन् (prātipadika)
महिनासुin (her) mighty powers / in mights
महिनासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (adverbial/locative plural expression)
Rootमहिना (prātipadika; instr. sg. of महिमन् used adverbially) + -सु (loc. pl. ending of a stem महिना-)
चेकि॑तेis conspicuous, is manifest / is recognized
चेकि॑ते:
TypeVerb
Rootचिकित्/चिकेत् (dhātu ‘to perceive, be conspicuous, be aware’)
द्यु॒म्नेभिःwith splendors, with glories
द्यु॒म्नेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootद्यु॒म्न (prātipadika)
अन्याanother, other (than others)
अन्या:
Kartā (apposition to या)
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootअन्य (prātipadika)
अपसाम्of works, of deeds
अपसाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootअपस् (prātipadika)
अपस्तमाmost active, most effective in work
अपस्तमा:
Kartā (predicate/apposition)
TypeAdjective
Rootअपस् + तम (superlative prātipadika)
रथःa chariot
रथः:
Upamāna (in simile)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (prātipadika)
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (nipāta)
बृहतीlofty, great
बृहती:
Kartā (apposition to Sarasvatī)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहती (prātipadika)
विभ्वनेto the all-pervading one / for the mighty one
विभ्वने:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootविभ्वन् (prātipadika)
कृतोपस्तुत्याmade/presented as praise; worthy of praise
कृतोपस्तुत्या:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootकृत (PPP of √कृ ‘to make’) + उपस्तुत्य (prātipadika ‘praiseworthy/fit for praise’)
चिकितुषाby the wise/knowing (one), with understanding
चिकितुषा:
Karaṇa
TypeParticiple
Rootचिकितुष् (perfect active participle of √चिकित्/√चित् ‘to perceive, understand’)
सरस्वतीSarasvatī
सरस्वती:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper/theonym)
Rootसरस्वती (prātipadika)

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