Rig Veda 6.59.5 — Mandala 6, Sukta 59, Mantra 5
Sukta 6.59
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)
Devata: Indrāgnī
Chandas: Jagatī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इन्द्राग्नी को अस्य वां देवौ मर्तश्चिकेतति । विषूचो अश्वान्युयुजान ईयत एकः समान आ रथे ॥
Transliteration
indrā́gnī ko asyá vāṃ deváu mártaś ciketati | viṣū́co aśvā́n yuyujānó īyate ékaḥ samāná ā́ ráthe ||
Translation
Wahai Indra dan Agni, insan fana manakah yang benar-benar mengenali kamu berdua sebagai dewa? Dia memasang kuda-kuda yang berlari ke arah yang berbeza-beza, namun yang satu bergerak pada satu tempat duduk kereta yang sama: demikianlah si pencari memahami kesatuan tindakan bersama kamu berdua.
Word by Word
इन्द्राग्नीO Indra and Agni
इन्द्राग्नी:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootइन्द्र + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) (द्वन्द्व-समास)
कःwho?
कः:
कर्तृ (interrogative subject)
TypePronoun
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof this (man/one/act)
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: “of this/its”)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाम्of you two / you two
वाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: “of you two”)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवौthe two gods
देवौ:
कर्तृ (subject: the two gods)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
मर्तःa mortal
मर्तः:
कर्तृ (subject: the mortal)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
चिकेततिperceives, understands
चिकेतति:
क्रिया (predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootचित् (धातु) (वेद. ‘चिकेतति’ = desiderative/iterative-present sense “perceives/understands”)
विषूचःdiverging, going in different directions
विषूचः:
विशेषण (of अश्वान्)
TypeAdjective
Rootविषूचि/विषूच् (प्रातिपदिक) (< विषूच् “going apart, divergent”)
अश्वान्horses
अश्वान्:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
युयुजानःyoking, having yoked
युयुजानः:
कर्तृ (agent-participle: “while yoking”)
TypeParticiple
Rootयुज् (धातु) → युयुजान (कृदन्त; reduplicated perfect middle participle)
ईयत्goes, drives
ईयत्:
क्रिया (predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootइ/ए (धातु ‘इ’ “to go”) (वेद. present/imperf.-like form)
एकःone (single)
एकः:
कर्तृ (subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
समानःthe same, identical
समानः:
विशेषण (of एकः / implied driver)
TypeAdjective
Rootसमान (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
क्रियाविशेषण (directional)
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रथेon/in the chariot
रथे:
अधिकरण (locative)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
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