Rig Veda 6.59.3: Mandala 6, Sukta 59, Mantra 3
Sukta 6.59
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition (Mandala 6 family attribution)
Devata: Indrāgnī (dual deity: Indra and Agni together)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable for RV 6.59; verse length consistent with jagatī cadence)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ओकिवांसा सुते सचाँ अश्वा सप्ती इवादने । इन्द्रा न्वग्नी अवसेह वज्रिणा वयं देवा हवामहे ॥
Transliteration
okivā́ṃsā sute sacā́ aśvā́ saptī́ ivádane | indrā́ nv agnī́ aváseha vajríṇā vayáṃ devā́ havāmahe ||
Translation
सुतेल्या सोमासह आपल्या ठायी असलेल्या दोन अश्वांसारखे; विजयासाठी जूंपलेल्या युगल घोड्यांसारखे—आम्ही येथे सहाय्यासाठी इंद्र व अग्नी यांना हाक देतो. हे देवांनो, वज्रधारीसह—आमच्यात विजयबल जन्मो.
Word by Word
ओकिवांसःthe dwellers / those at home (i.e., the two gods as household-lords)
ओकिवांसः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootओकिवस् (प्रातिपदिक; √उक्/वस्- ‘to dwell, be at home’ > ‘dwelling/at-home’)
सुतेin/at the pressed Soma
सुते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (ppp of √सु ‘to press (Soma)’)
सचाँtogether with / accompanying
सचाँ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (Vedic absolutive/gerund)
Rootसच् (√सच् ‘to accompany, be with’)
अश्वाःhorses
अश्वाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
सप्तीः(as) mares/steeds
सप्तीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसप्ति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mare/steed’, esp. team)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अदनेat the eating/feast (banquet)
अदने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअदन (प्रातिपदिक; from √अद् ‘to eat’ → ‘eating/feast’)
इन्द्राO Indra
इन्द्रा:
Sampradāna (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नुnow, indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
अग्नीO Agni
अग्नी:
Sampradāna (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
अवसेfor help/protection
अवसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘help, protection’)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
वज्रिणाwith the thunderbolt-bearer (i.e., with Indra as vajrin)
वज्रिणा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having the vajra’)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe worshippers / the godly (lit. ‘the devas’)
देवाः:
Kartā (apposition to वयम्)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
हवामहेwe invoke/call upon
हवामहे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (ह्वयति/हवते ‘to call, invoke’)
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