Rig Veda 6.53.7: Mandala 6, Sukta 53, Mantra 7
Sukta 6.53
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition
Devata: Pūṣan
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; verify metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ रिख किकिरा कृणु पणीनां हृदया कवे । अथेमस्मभ्यं रन्धय ॥
Transliteration
ā́ rikha kikirā́ kṛṇu paṇīnā́m hṛ́dayā kave | áthém asmábhyaṁ randhaya ||
Translation
O Widzący Pūṣan, drąż głęboko; spraw, by serce skąpców stało się złamaną, grzechoczącą rzeczą, wtedy zmuś to, co posiadają, by nam uległo.
Word by Word
आtowards, forth (preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
रिखscratch, tear open!
रिख:
—
TypeVerb
Rootरिख्
किकिराO Kikira (epithet/name)
किकिरा:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootकिकिरा (prātipadika; Vedic epithet/name)
कृणुdo, make!
कृणु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (करोति)
पणीनाम्of the Paṇis (niggardly hoarders)
पणीनाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपणि
हृदयाःhearts
हृदयाः:
Kartā (of ‘कृणु’ in sense ‘let the hearts …’)
TypeNoun
Rootहृदय
कवेO sage/poet
कवे:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootकवि
अथthen, and then
अथ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
इमthis (one/thing)
इम:
Karma (object of ‘रन्धय’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
अस्मभ्यम्to/for us
अस्मभ्यम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
रन्धयsubject, subdue; make yield (to us)!
रन्धय:
—
TypeVerb
Rootरन्ध्
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