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

Ó Pūṣan, vidente (kavi), escava (no seu ocultamento); faz do coração dos Paṇis uma coisa quebrada e tinidora. Então constrange o que eles retêm a ceder para nós.

Word by Word

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

• रिख: scratch, tear open!
• रिख: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिख्

• किकिरा: O Kikira (epithet/name)
• किकिरा: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: किकिरा (prātipadika; Vedic epithet/name)

• कृणु: do, make!
• कृणु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करोति)

• पणीनाम्: of the Paṇis (niggardly hoarders)
• पणीनाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पणि

• हृदयाः: hearts
• हृदयाः: Kartā (of ‘कृणु’ in sense ‘let the hearts …’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय

• कवे: O sage/poet
• कवे: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि

• अथ: then, and then
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• इम: this (one/thing)
• इम: Karma (object of ‘रन्धय’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• अस्मभ्यम्: to/for us
• अस्मभ्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• रन्धय: subject, subdue; make yield (to us)!
• रन्धय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रन्ध्