Rig Veda 6.74.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 74, Mantra 4

Sukta 6.74

Rishi: Bharadvāja (traditional for Maṇḍala 6)

Devata: Soma-Rudra (with an allusive presence of Varuṇa as cosmic binder)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तिग्मायुधौ तिग्महेती सुशेवौ सोमारुद्राविह सु मृळतं नः । प्र नो मुञ्चतं वरुणस्य पाशाद्गोपायतं नः सुमनस्यमाना ॥

Transliteration

tigmā́yudhau tigmáhetī suśévau somā́rudrāv ihá sú mṛḷataṃ naḥ | prá no muñcataṃ váruṇasya pā́śād gopā́yataṃ naḥ sumanasyámānā ||

Translation

Wahai Soma dan Rudra, bersenjata tajam, berpanah tajam, namun penuh rahmat—di sini sungguh kasihanilah kami dengan limpah. Lepaskanlah kami ke hadapan dari jerat Varuṇa, dan peliharalah kami, dengan hati yang gembira dan berkenan kepada kami.

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• ति॒ग्मायु॑धौ: O sharp-weaponed (two)
• ति॒ग्मायु॑धौ: सम्बोधन (addressed deities)
• Type: Adjective (dual vocative epithet)
• Root: तिग्म-आयुध

• ति॒ग्महे॑ती: O having sharp missiles (two)
• ति॒ग्महे॑ती: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (dual vocative epithet)
• Root: तिग्म-हेति

• सु॒शेवौ॒: O very gracious/kind (two)
• सु॒शेवौ॒: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (dual vocative epithet)
• Root: सु-शेव

• सोमा॑रुद्रौ: O Soma and Rudra
• सोमा॑रुद्रौ: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (dvandva proper name)
• Root: सोम + रुद्र

• इ॒ह: here
• इ॒ह: अधिकरण (place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• सु: well, indeed
• सु: (modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable (particle/intensifier)
• Root: सु

• मृ॑ळतं: be gracious / show mercy
• मृ॑ळतं: क्रिया (addressed to the deities)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृळ् (मृड्) / मृडय्

• नः: to us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (to us / for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• प्र: forth, away
• प्र: (verb-modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र

• नः: us
• नः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• मुञ्चतं: release, set free
• मुञ्चतं: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्

• वरु॑णस्य: of Varuṇa
• वरु॑णस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण

• पाशा॑त्: from the noose/bond
• पाशा॑त्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश

• गोपा॒यतं॑: protect
• गोपा॒यतं॑: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: गोपाय् (नामधातु from गोपाय/गोप) / causative sense ‘to protect’

• नः: us
• नः: कर्म/सम्प्रदान (object ‘us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• सुमन॒स्यमा॑ना: being well-minded / favorably disposed
• सुमन॒स्यमा॑ना: कर्तृ-विशेषण (qualifier of the addressed deities)
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: सु-मनस् + √अस् (denominative/verb ‘to be well-disposed’) → सुमनस्य; participle from सुमनस्यते