Rig Veda 6.44.18 — Mandala 6, Sukta 44, Mantra 18

Sukta 6.44

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आसु ष्मा णो मघवन्निन्द्र पृत्स्वस्मभ्यं महि वरिवः सुगं कः । अपां तोकस्य तनयस्य जेष इन्द्र सूरीन्कृणुहि स्मा नो अर्धम् ॥

Transliteration

ā́su ṣmā no maghavann indra pṛtsv asmábhyaṃ máhi várivaḥ su-gáṃ kaḥ | apā́ṃ tokásya tánayasya jéṣe índra sūrī́n kṛṇúhi smā no árdham ||

Translation

Kini, wahai Indra yang pemurah, dalam pertempuran bukakan bagi kami ruang yang luas, jalan yang mudah. Demi kemenangan atas air, atas anak dan keturunan, wahai Indra, jadikan kami pemilik kedaulatan yang bercahaya; jadikanlah kami benar-benar bahagian-Mu.

Word by Word

• आसु: quickly; now
• आसु: Adhikaraṇa (temporal/occasional: ‘now/quickly’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आसु (avyaya-prātipadika)

• ष्मा: indeed; surely (emphasis)
• ष्मा: — (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ष्मा (particle/enclitic)

• नः: of us; for us
• नः: Sampradāna/Śeṣa (possessor/beneficiary: ‘of us/for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• मघवन्: O bountiful one
• मघवन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: मघवन् (prātipadika; epithet of Indra)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• पृत्सु: in battles
• पृत्सु: Adhikaraṇa (location/sphere)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृत्/पृत्स् (prātipadika ‘battle’)

• अस्मभ्यम्: to us; for us
• अस्मभ्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• महि: greatly; much
• महि: — (qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महि (avyaya; also related to महत्)

• वरिवः: wide space; room; free course; help
• वरिवः: Karma (object of implied ‘make/provide’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरिवस् (prātipadika)

• सुगम्: easy passage; good path
• सुगम्: Karma (apposition to वरिवः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सु-ग (prātipadika; su + gam ‘good-going’)

• कः: who?
• कः: Kartā (interrogative subject: ‘who?’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (interrogative pronoun)

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: Śeṣa (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (prātipadika ‘water’)

• तोकस्य: of offspring; of child
• तोकस्य: Śeṣa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोक (prātipadika)

• तनयस्य: of the son; of progeny
• तनयस्य: Śeṣa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (prātipadika)

• जेषे: may you win; win!
• जेषे: Kriyā (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु ‘to conquer’)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• सूरीन्: patrons; chiefs; generous men
• सूरीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि (prātipadika)

• कृणुहि: make; do
• कृणुहि: Kriyā (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु ‘to do/make’)

• स्मा: indeed; just
• स्मा: — (emphasis/urgency)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्मा (particle/enclitic)

• नः: of us; for us
• नः: Sampradāna/Śeṣa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अर्धम्: share; portion
• अर्धम्: Karma (object of कृणुहि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध (prātipadika)