Rig Veda 6.59.1: Mandala 6, Sukta 59, Mantra 1

Sukta 6.59

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)

Devata: Indrāgnī (dual deity)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र नु वोचा सुतेषु वां वीर्या यानि चक्रथुः । हतासो वां पितरो देवशत्रव इन्द्राग्नी जीवथो युवम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.59.1

Transliteration

prá nu vocā suteṣú vāṃ vīryā̀ yā́ni cakráthuḥ | hatā́so vāṃ pitáro devaśátrava índrāgnī jīvathaḥ yuvám ||

Translation

Kini aku menyatakan, dalam Soma yang diperah, daya-daya kepahlawanan yang telah kamu berdua lakukan. Para bapa leluhur kamu yang memusuhi para dewa telah ditumpaskan; wahai Indra dan Agni, kamu berdua tetap hidup—giat dalam diri kami sebagai daya kemenangan dan kehendak yang menyala.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• वोच: I proclaim / I will speak
• वोच: Kartā (speaker: ‘I’ implicit)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्

• सुतेषु: among the pressed (Soma-juices)
• सुतेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (ppp of √सु ‘to press’)

• वाम्: of you two / you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna (addressed recipients) / Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• वीर्याणि: heroic deeds, powers
• वीर्याणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (from वीर ‘hero’)

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karma (correlative to ‘वीर्याणि’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चक्रथुः: you two have done/made
• चक्रथुः: Kartā (you two)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ

• हतासः: slain, struck down
• हतासः: Kartā (of the implied action ‘are slain’/state)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: हता (ppp of √हन्)

• वाम्: of you two
• वाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• पितरः: fathers, forefathers
• पितरः: Kartā (as subject with ‘हतासः’ predicative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ

• देवशत्रवः: god-hostile foes (enemies of the gods)
• देवशत्रवः: Kartā (apposition to ‘पितरः’)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: देव-शत्रु

• इन्द्राग्नी: O Indra and Agni
• इन्द्राग्नी: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (dual address)
• Root: इन्द्र + अग्नि

• जीवथः: you two live
• जीवथः: Kartā (you two)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव्

• युवम्: you two
• युवम्: Kartā (explicit subject of ‘जीवथः’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्