Rig Veda 6.28.1: Mandala 6, Sukta 28, Mantra 1

Sukta 6.28

Rishi: Bharadvāja (traditional for Maṇḍala 6; this hymn is the famous Go-sūkta in Book 6)

Devata: Go (Cows) / associated with Indra and Uṣas (symbolic powers of light and increase)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 6.28.1)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ गावो अग्मन्नुत भद्रमक्रन्त्सीदन्तु गोष्ठे रणयन्त्वस्मे । प्रजावतीः पुरुरूपा इह स्युरिन्द्राय पूर्वीरुषसो दुहानाः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.28.1

Transliteration

ā́ gā́vo agmann utá bhadrám akran sīdántu goṣṭhé raṇáyantv asmè | prajā́vatīḥ pururū́pā ihá syur índrāya pū́vīr uṣáso dúhānāḥ ||

Translation

Krowy przybyły i uczyniły dobro; niechaj osiądą w świetlistej oborze i przyniosą nam rozkosz. Niech będą tu, bogate w potomstwo i o wielu postaciach, jak dawne Jutrenze dojące dla Indry, strumienie światła wydające swą słodycz.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्मन्: came
• अग्मन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम्

• उत: and, also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (particle)

• भद्रम्: auspiciously; good (thing)
• भद्रम्: —
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अक्रन्त्: stepped, strode
• अक्रन्त्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्रम

• सीदन्तु: let them sit down
• सीदन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद्

• गोष्ठे: in the cowshed, in the stall
• गोष्ठे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-ष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• रणयन्तु: let them gladden, delight
• रणयन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रण्/√रम् (Vedic: ‘to delight, give joy’)

• अस्मे: for us, to us
• अस्मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• प्रजावतीः: having offspring, fruitful
• प्रजावतीः: Kartā (apposition to गावः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-जा-वती (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुरूपाः: of many forms/colours
• पुरुरूपाः: Kartā (apposition to गावः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (indecl.)

• स्युः: may they be
• स्युः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्

• इन्द्राय: for Indra
• इन्द्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वीः: many/abundant; former (i.e., long-established)
• पूर्वीः: Kartā (apposition to गावः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• उषसः: of Dawn
• उषसः: — (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुहानाः: milking, yielding (milk)
• दुहानाः: Kartā (apposition to गावः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √दुह्