Rig Veda 6.63.2: Mandala 6, Sukta 63, Mantra 2

Sukta 6.63

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अरं मे गन्तं हवनायास्मै गृणाना यथा पिबाथो अन्धः । परि ह त्यद्वर्तिर्याथो रिषो न यत्परो नान्तरस्तुतुर्यात् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.63.2

Transliteration

áraṃ me gántam hávanāyā́smai gṛṇānā́ yáthā píbātho ándhaḥ | pári ha tyád vartír yā́tho riṣó ná yát páro nā́ntaras tuturyā́t ||

Translation

Datanglah segera menyahut seruanku—agar ketika kami melagukan pujian, kamu berdua meminum nikmat yang diperah itu. Kerana kamu mengitari laluan itu sebagai pelindung daripada bahaya, supaya yang di luar mahupun yang di dalam tidak dapat menembusi untuk mencederakan.

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Word by Word

• अरम्: duly, fittingly, readily
• अरम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अरम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / PIE *h₂er- (fit, proper) (etym.)

• मे: for me / to me
• मे: Sampradāna (beneficiary)/Possessor
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• गन्तम्: come, go (you two)
• गन्तम्: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb (imperative form) / verbal adjective used as injunctive
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गन्तृ/गन्त (कृदन्त) आधार

• हवनाय: for the invocation, for the call of offering
• हवनाय: Sampradāna (purpose/for the invocation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हवन (√हु ‘to pour/offer’ → हवन ‘invocation/oblation-call’)

• अस्मै: to this (one), to him/this
• अस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (प्रonominal stem)

• गृणाना: praising, singing
• गृणाना: Kartā (implicit: the singer/utterance) / Adverbial (manner)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √गॄ/गृ (to sing, praise) → गृणान (present participle)

• यथा: so that, as
• यथा: Adverbial (comparison/condition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• पिबाथो: you two drink
• पिबाथो: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (to drink)

• अन्धः: the soma-juice
• अन्धः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धस् (soma-juice, pressed drink)

• परि: around, all about
• परि: Adverbial (direction/around)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ह: indeed, surely
• ह: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• त्यत्: that (yonder)
• त्यत्: Karma/Adhikaraṇa (with following noun as apposition)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (deictic: ‘that yonder’)

• वर्तिः: the course, track, path
• वर्तिः: Kartā (of ‘go/ride’ implied) / Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ति (track, course, path) < √वृत्/वर्त् (to turn, proceed)

• याथो: you two go, you two travel
• याथो: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (to go)

• रिषः: of harm; from injury
• रिषः: Apādāna (avoidance: ‘from harm’) / Genitive of separation
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिष्/रिषस् (harm, injury) < √रिष् (to hurt)

• न: like, as
• न: Adverbial (comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• यत्: which, that which
• यत्: Adhikaraṇa/Connector (relative)
• Type: Pronoun/Relative
• Root: यद्

• परो: farther, beyond
• परो: Adhikaraṇa (spatial)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (farther, beyond)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• अन्तरः: inner, in-between
• अन्तरः: Adhikaraṇa (spatial)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर (inside, between)

• स्तुतुर्यात्: may (he/it) praise; may there be praise
• स्तुतुर्यात्: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (to praise) + desiderative/iterative nuance in Vedic; finite form