Rig Veda 1.17.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 17, Mantra 6

Sukta 1.17

Rishi: Kakṣīvant Dairghatamasa (traditionally for RV 1.17)

Devata: Indra-Varuṇa (dual)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तयोरिदवसा वयं सनेम नि च धीमहि । स्यादुत प्ररेचनम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.17.6

Transliteration

táyor íd avásā vayáṃ sanéma ní ca dhīmahi | syād utá pra-récanam ||

Translation

Pela ajuda desses dois somente, possamos vencer; e possamos firmar o nosso pensamento no interior. E que haja também um fluir para a frente — um acréscimo transbordante, um excesso de plenitude no ser.

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Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation: ‘of those two’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → तयोः

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• अवसा: by (their) help
• अवसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक) ‘help, aid’

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → वयम्

• सनेम: may we win/obtain
• सनेम: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सन् (to gain, win) / Vedic: ‘to obtain’

• नि: down, in; (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• धीमहि: we place/establish (set down)
• धीमहि: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (to place, set) with preverb नि → निधा ‘to lay down, establish’; Vedic also ‘to fix (thought)’

• स्यात्: may it be
• स्यात्: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (to be)

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

• प्ररेचनम्: a bountiful outpouring / bestowal
• प्ररेचनम्: कर्तृ/कर्म (contextual: ‘may there be (as) a bounty’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-√रिच् (to empty out, pour forth; to bestow) → प्ररेचन (नपुंसक प्रातिपदिक) ‘outpouring, bestowal, bounty’