Rig Veda 6.68.8: Mandala 6, Sukta 68, Mantra 8

Sukta 6.68

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya lineage) (traditional ascription for Mandala 6); specific verse-level rishi not distinguished in common Anukramaṇī summaries.

Devata: Indra-Varuṇa (dual deity: forceful illumination and vast truth-order).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (typical for RV 6; this verse exhibits triṣṭubh cadence).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नू न इन्द्रावरुणा गृणाना पृङ्क्तं रयिं सौश्रवसाय देवा । इत्था गृणन्तो महिनस्य शर्धोऽपो न नावा दुरिता तरेम ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.68.8

Transliteration

nū́ na indrā́varuṇā gṛṇānā́ pṛṅktáṃ rayíṃ sauśrávasāya devā́ | itthā́ gṛṇánto mahínasya śárdho ’pó na nā́vā duritā́ tarema ||

Translation

Kini, wahai Indra dan Varuṇa, ketika kami melagukan pujian kepadamu, campurkanlah ke dalam kami rayi—kelimpahan yang menjadi pendengaran yang baik dan nama yang benar dalam jiwa—wahai para dewa. Demikianlah memuji, sebagai satu rombongan di bawah Kebesaran, semoga kami menyeberangi laluan-laluan sukar, seperti menyeberangi air dengan perahu.

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Word by Word

• नू: now
• नू: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नू

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• इन्द्रावरुणा: Indra and Varuṇa
• इन्द्रावरुणा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual deity-compound)
• Root: इन्द्र-वरुण (द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक)

• गृणाना: being praised / while being sung to
• गृणाना: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √गॄ (गिर्/गृण् ‘to sing, praise’)

• पृङ्क्तम्: let (the two) bestow / join
• पृङ्क्तम्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पृच्/पृङ्क् (पृङ्क्ति ‘to mix, join, bestow/attach’)

• रयिम्: wealth
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि

• सौश्रवसाय: for good renown / for Sauśravas (the well-famed)
• सौश्रवसाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (dative)
• Root: सौश्रवस (सु-श्रवस् ‘good fame/renown’; possessive/derivative) अथवा सौश्रवस- (नाम/विशेषण)

• देवा: O gods
• देवा: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव

• इत्था: thus
• इत्था: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्था

• गृणन्तः: praising (we/they), singing
• गृणन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √गॄ (गृण्)

• महिनस्य: of might / of greatness
• महिनस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिन (महिमा/महिन् ‘greatness, might’)

• शर्धः: host, troop
• शर्धः: Kartā (appositional to gṛṇantaḥ: ‘the host’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्धस्

• अपः: waters
• अपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्

• न: like
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• नावाः: by a boat
• नावाः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ/नावा

• दुरितानि: difficulties, sins, misfortunes
• दुरितानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरित

• तरेम: may we cross over
• तरेम: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तॄ (तरति ‘to cross’)