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Rig Veda 6.75.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 75, Mantra 4

Sukta 6.75

Rishi: Bharadvāja (traditional)
Devata: Parts of the bow (Ārtnī) / coordinated martial power
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs scan)

ते आचरन्ती समनेव योषा मातेव पुत्रं बिभृतामुपस्थे । अप शत्रून्विध्यतां संविदाने आर्त्नी इमे विष्फुरन्ती अमित्रान् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.75.4

té ācarantī́ sámaneva yóṣā mātéva putráṃ bibhṛtām upásthe | ápa śátrūn vidhyatāṃ saṃvidānè ā́rtnī imé vísphurantī amítrān ||

Movendo-se no confronto como uma mulher, e como uma mãe que sustenta o filho no colo — que estas duas extremidades do arco, agindo em concordância, firam e afastem os inimigos; que estes dois braços/extremos, tremulantes, esmaguem os hostis.

तेthey (those)
ते:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आचरन्तीःmoving/acting, proceeding
आचरन्तीः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (present participle)
Rootआ-चर् (धातु)
समनेin the battle/assembly
समने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसमन (प्रातिपदिक)
इवas, like
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
योषाःwomen
योषाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयोषा (प्रातिपदिक)
मातेवlike a mother
मातेव:
Kartā
TypeNoun + Indeclinable
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + इव
पुत्रम्a son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
बिभृताम्let them bear/hold
बिभृताम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभृ (धातु)
उपस्थेin the lap
उपस्थे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
अपaway, off
अप:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / particle
Rootअप
शत्रून्enemies
शत्रून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
विध्यताम्let them pierce/strike
विध्यताम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध्/विध् (धातु: ‘to pierce, strike’)
संविदानेin concert, acting together
संविदाने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeParticiple / Adjective (contextual)
Rootसम्-विद् (धातु) अथवा संविद् (प्रातिपदिक: ‘agreement/understanding’)
आर्त्नीःthe bow-ends / arms (of the bow)
आर्त्नीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआर्त्नी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bow-ends/arms; (also) the two ends of a bow’)
इमेthese
इमे:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विष्फुरन्तीःquivering, vibrating
विष्फुरन्तीः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (present participle)
Rootवि-स्फुर् (धातु)
अमित्रान्foes, hostile men
अमित्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

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