Rig Veda 6.61.3 — Mandala 6, Sukta 61, Mantra 3
Sukta 6.61
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition
Devata: Sarasvatī
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सरस्वति देवनिदो नि बर्हय प्रजां विश्वस्य बृसयस्य मायिनः । उत क्षितिभ्योऽवनीरविन्दो विषमेभ्यो अस्रवो वाजिनीवति ॥
Transliteration
sarasvati deva-nido ni barhaya pra-jāṃ viśvasya bṛsayasya māyinaḥ | uta kṣiti-bhyo 'vanīr avindo viṣamebhyo asravo vājinī-vati ||
Translation
ഹേ സരസ്വതി, ദേവ-നിന്ദകരെ താഴെയിറക്കി തള്ളുക; സർവ്വവ്യാപിയായ മായാവിയുടെ (വഞ്ചകന്റെ) പ്രജയും വർദ്ധനയും തകർത്തുകളയുക. ജനങ്ങൾക്കായി നീ വഴികൾ കണ്ടെത്തി; കഠിനസ്ഥലങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് നീ ധാരകളെ ഒഴുകിപ്പിച്ചു, ഹേ വാജിനീവതി (വിജയശക്തി-ധാരിണി).
Word by Word
सरस्वतिO Sarasvatī
सरस्वति:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative) / Deity-name
Rootसरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक) < सरस्
देवनिदःthe god-revilers (blasphemers)
देवनिदः:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa used substantively)
Rootदेव-निद् (समास; निद् = ‘निन्द्/निद्’ ‘to revile’)
निdown, away (as preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
बर्हयdrive away, thrust down
बर्हय:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootबर्ह् (धातु; ‘to thrust away/drive off’, causative/denominative usage in Vedic)
प्रजाम्offspring, progeny
प्रजाम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वस्यof all, of the whole
विश्वस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeAdjective (genitive)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
बृसयस्यof Bṛsaya (a hostile being/epithet)
बृसयस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootबृसय (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic epithet/name)
मायिनःof the crafty one, of the sorcerer
मायिनः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeAdjective used substantively
Rootमायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
क्षितिभ्यःfrom the dwellings/settlements (or: from the earths/regions)
क्षितिभ्यः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootक्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
अवनीःstreams/channels (river-beds), courses
अवनीः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअवनी (प्रातिपदिक)
अविन्दःyou found, you discovered
अविन्दः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु; ‘to find’)
विषमेभ्यःfrom the uneven places, from difficult (ground)
विषमेभ्यः:
अपादान
TypeAdjective used substantively
Rootविषम (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्रवःyou flowed
अस्रवः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootस्रु (धातु; ‘to flow’)
वाजिनीवतिO strong/prize-winning one
वाजिनीवति:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative feminine)
Rootवाजिनीवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘possessing vāja/strength/prize’)
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