Rig Veda 8.6.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 2
Sukta 8.6
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Indra (hymn to Indra; verse describes the seers’ action in ṛta that supports Indra’s working)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; syntactically expansive and formal)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्रजामृतस्य पिप्रतः प्र यद्भरन्त वह्नयः । विप्रा ऋतस्य वाहसा ॥
Transliteration
prajā́m ṛtásya píprataḥ prá yád bháranta váhnayaḥ | víprā ṛtásya vā́hasā ||
Translation
Quando os videntes, portadores de ṛta, fazem avançar o nutrir da descendência do Imortal, então a conduzem adiante pelo verdadeiro jugo de ṛta.
Word by Word
प्रजाम्offspring, progeny
प्रजाम्:
कर्म (पिप्रतः इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा (प्र-√जन्) प्रातिपदिक
ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order, truth)
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (प्रजाम् इत्यस्य) / विशेषण-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootऋत प्रातिपदिक
पिप्रतःthey fill, they make abundant
पिप्रतः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पॄ/पृ (पिपर्ति) धातु
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
यत्what, which
यत्:
कर्म (भरन्ति इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक
भरन्तिthey bear, they bring
भरन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भरति) धातु
वह्नयःbearers, carriers (often: priests/fire-bearers)
वह्नयः:
कर्ता (भरन्ति इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootवह्नि प्रातिपदिक
विप्राःinspired seers, priests
विप्राः:
कर्ता (अध्याहृत-क्रियायाः/सम्बन्धः) अथवा वह्नयः इत्यस्य समानाधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र प्रातिपदिक
ऋतस्यof ṛta
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (वाहसा इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत प्रातिपदिक
वाहसाby (their) conveying power; by the means of bearing/transport
वाहसा:
करण (वाहसा = वहन-शक्त्या/वहनेन)
TypeNoun
Rootवाहस प्रातिपदिक
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