Rig Veda 10.19.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 19, Mantra 6

Sukta 10.19

Rishi: RV 10.19; verify anukramaṇī.

Devata: Indra.

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh/Tristubh-short; verify.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ निवर्त नि वर्तय पुनर्न इन्द्र गा देहि । जीवाभिर्भुनजामहै ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.19.6

Transliteration

ā́ nivarta ní vartaya púnar na índra gā́ dehi | jīvā́bhir bhunajāmahai ||

Translation

Volta; faze-os voltar. Dá-nos de novo, ó Indra, os raios — as « vacas ». Que possamos fruí-los com as forças vivas em nós.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, back (preverb: ‘towards/again’)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• निवर्त: turn back! return!
• निवर्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वृत् (vṛt) / ni-vart (imperative stem)

• नि: down, back (preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग) / ni (preverb)

• वर्तय: cause (them) to turn back; bring back
• वर्तय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (vṛt) → causative √वर्तय् (vartay) with preverb नि- implied by context

• पुनः: again, back
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (indecl.)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun stem)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• गाः: cows
• गाः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (prātipadika)

• देहि: give! grant!
• देहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (dā) ‘to give’

• जीवाभिः: with the living (ones); by living (means)
• जीवाभिः: करण
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: जीव (adj. ‘living’) → जीवाभिः (instrumental plural)

• भुनजामहै: may we partake/enjoy; may we share
• भुनजामहै: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (bhuj) ‘to enjoy/partake’