Rig Veda 6.45.31: Mandala 6, Sukta 45, Mantra 31

Sukta 6.45

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Indra (hymn context) with dānastuti-style praise of patron Bṛbu in concluding verses

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अधि बृबुः पणीनां वर्षिष्ठे मूर्धन्नस्थात् । उरुः कक्षो न गाङ्ग्यः ॥

Transliteration

ádhi bṛbúḥ paṇīnā́ṃ várṣiṣṭhe mūrdhánn asthāt | urúḥ kákṣo ná gā́ṅgyaḥ ||

Translation

Bṛbu pôs-se acima dos Paṇis no cume mais elevado. Vasto é o seu abrigo, como a larga margem do Gaṅgā.

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Word by Word

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa (स्थान/अधिष्ठान सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• बृबुः: Br̥bu (a Paṇi/hostile figure)
• बृबुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper/name)
• Root: बृबु (प्रातिपदिक; पणी-सम्बद्ध नाम)

• पणीनाम्: of the Paṇis
• पणीनाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्षिष्ठे: on the highest
• वर्षिष्ठे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (superlative)
• Root: वृध् → वृषन्/वर्षिष्ठ (superlative prātipadika from ‘high/strong’)

• मूर्धन्: on the head, at the top
• मूर्धन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्थात्: stood, took his stand
• अस्थात्: Kriyā (verb of the clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• उरुः: broad, wide
• उरुः: Kartā/Viśeṣaṇa (of कक्षः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• कक्षः: side/flank; enclosure; (fig.) expanse
• कक्षः: Kartā (nominal predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: (Upamā marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• गाङ्ग्यः: Gaṅgā-born/connected with the Gaṅgā
• गाङ्ग्यः: Viśeṣaṇa (upamāna: qualifying implied noun, e.g., ‘(one) of the Gaṅgā’)
• Type: Adjective (gentilic)
• Root: गाङ्ग्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of/related to the Gaṅgā’)