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 ॥
Transliteration
nū́ na indrā́varuṇā gṛṇānā́ pṛṅktáṃ rayíṃ sauśrávasāya devā́ | itthā́ gṛṇánto mahínasya śárdho ’pó na nā́vā duritā́ tarema ||
Translation
ഹേ ഇന്ദ്ര-വരുണരേ, ഇപ്പോൾ ഞങ്ങൾ സ്തുതിഗാനത്തിൽ നിങ്ങളെ വിളിക്കുന്നു; ഹേ ദേവന്മാരേ, സൗശ്രവസായ—ശുഭശ്രവണവും സത്യകീർത്തിയും നൽകുന്ന—അത്തരം റയി (സമൃദ്ധി) ഞങ്ങളിലേക്കു കലർത്തി നല്കുക. ഇങ്ങനെ പുകഴ്ത്തുന്ന ഞങ്ങൾ, മഹിമയുടെ ശർധ (സംഘം) സഹിതം, നാവിലൂടെ ജലം കടക്കുന്നതുപോലെ, ദുരിത (കഠിന കടമ്പകൾ) കടന്നുപോകട്ടെ.
Word by Word
नूnow
नू:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनू
नःto us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
इन्द्रावरुणाIndra and Varuṇa
इन्द्रावरुणा:
Kartā
TypeNoun (dual deity-compound)
Rootइन्द्र-वरुण (द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक)
गृणानाbeing praised / while being sung to
गृणाना:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√गॄ (गिर्/गृण् ‘to sing, praise’)
पृङ्क्तम्let (the two) bestow / join
पृङ्क्तम्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√पृच्/पृङ्क् (पृङ्क्ति ‘to mix, join, bestow/attach’)
रयिम्wealth
रयिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरयि
सौश्रवसायfor good renown / for Sauśravas (the well-famed)
सौश्रवसाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun/Adjective (dative)
Rootसौश्रवस (सु-श्रवस् ‘good fame/renown’; possessive/derivative) अथवा सौश्रवस- (नाम/विशेषण)
देवाO gods
देवा:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
इत्थाthus
इत्था:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्था
गृणन्तःpraising (we/they), singing
गृणन्तः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√गॄ (गृण्)
महिनस्यof might / of greatness
महिनस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootमहिन (महिमा/महिन् ‘greatness, might’)
शर्धःhost, troop
शर्धः:
Kartā (appositional to gṛṇantaḥ: ‘the host’)
TypeNoun
Rootशर्धस्
अपःwaters
अपः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
नlike
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
नावाःby a boat
नावाः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनौ/नावा
दुरितानिdifficulties, sins, misfortunes
दुरितानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुरित
तरेमmay we cross over
तरेम:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√तॄ (तरति ‘to cross’)
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