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Rig Veda 6.24.3: Mandala 6, Sukta 24, Mantra 3

Sukta 6.24

Rishi: Bharadvāja
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अक्षो न चक्र्योः शूर बृहन्प्र ते मह्ना रिरिचे रोदस्योः । वृक्षस्य नु ते पुरुहूत वया व्यूतयो रुरुहुरिन्द्र पूर्वीः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.24.3
Transliteration

ákṣo na cakryóḥ śūra bṛhán prá te mahnā́ ririce ródasyoḥ | vṛkṣásya nú te puruhūta vayā́ vy ù̄táyo ruruhur indra pūrvī́ḥ ||

Translation

हे शूरा, दोन चक्रांच्या अक्षाप्रमाणे तू—बृहद्-स्वरूप—आपल्या महिम्याने दोन्ही लोकांना परिपूर्ण करतोस. हे पुरुहूत, वृक्षाच्या फांद्यांसारखी तुझी बले व तुझ्या सहाय्यक शक्ती, हे इंद्रा, प्राचीन काळापासूनच दूरवर पसरत वाढत आलेल्या आहेत.

Word by Word
अक्षःaxle (as subject/standard of comparison)
अक्षः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चक्र्यःwheel-bearing / belonging to the wheel (i.e., of a chariot)
चक्र्यः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootचक्र्य (प्रातिपदिक; चक्र-सम्बद्ध)
शूरO hero
शूर:
—
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहन्O great one
बृहन्:
—
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootप्र
तेof you, your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम)
मह्नाby (your) greatness, through might
मह्ना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमघन्/महन् → मह्ना (प्रातिपदिक; ‘महन्’ का तृतीया एक.)
रिरिचेhas extended/spread forth; has poured out
रिरिचे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√रिच् (रिच्/रिञ्च् ‘to empty, to pour out; to extend’)
रोदस्योःof the two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदस्योः:
Adhikaraṇa/सम्बन्ध (genitive-locative sense: ‘of/within the two worlds’)
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; ‘heaven-and-earth’)
वृक्षस्यof a tree
वृक्षस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootवृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
नुnow, indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
तेof you, your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम)
पुरुहूतO much-invoked one
पुरुहूत:
—
TypeNoun/Adjective (vocative epithet)
Rootपुरुहूत (प्रातिपदिक)
वयाःbranches, shoots (lit. ‘growths/strengthenings’)
वयाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
व्यूतयःspreadings, expansions, outgrowths
व्यूतयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootव्यूति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘spreading/expansion; outgrowth’)
रुरुहुःhave grown up, have arisen
रुरुहुः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√रुह् (to grow, rise)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
—
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वीःmany/former, earlier; numerous
पूर्वीः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
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