Rig Veda 6.69.2: Mandala 6, Sukta 69, Mantra 2

Sukta 6.69

Rishi: Bharadvāja (traditional).

Devata: Indra-Viṣṇu.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

या विश्वासां जनितारा मतीनामिन्द्राविष्णू कलशा सोमधाना । प्र वां गिरः शस्यमाना अवन्तु प्र स्तोमासो गीयमानासो अर्कैः ॥

Transliteration

yā́ viśvāsā́ṃ janitā́rā matīnā́m indrā́viṣṇū kalaśā́ soma-dhānā́ | prá vāṃ gíraḥ śasyámānā avantu prá stómāso gīyámānāso arkáiḥ ||

Translation

О Индра и Вишну, родоначальники всех вдохновений, вы — чаши, хранящие Сому. Да поддержат и охранят вас наши возглашаемые речи; да выступят вперёд гимны, воспеваемые арками провидцев, и да укрепят священное соучастие.

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Word by Word

• या: who (those who)
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• विश्वासाम्: of all
• विश्वासाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (prātipadika)

• जनितारा: the two begetters/creators
• जनितारा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: जनि-तृ (from √जन् ‘to beget, produce’)

• मतीनाम्: of thoughts/hymns
• मतीनाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (prātipadika)

• इन्द्राविष्णू: Indra and Viṣṇu
• इन्द्राविष्णू: Kartā (apposition to जनितारा)
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: इन्द्र + विष्णु (devatā-nāman)

• कलशा: the two pitchers/vessels
• कलशा: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश (prātipadika)

• सोमधाना: the two holders/containers of Soma
• सोमधाना: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सोम-धान (धाना ‘placing/holding’, from √धा ‘to place’)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga/avyaya)

• वाम्: for you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna (dative sense: ‘for you two’) / Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• गिरः: songs, praises
• गिरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (prātipadika)

• शस्यमानाः: being recited/praised
• शस्यमानाः: Kartā (agreeing with गिरः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √शंस् ‘to praise, recite’

• अवन्तु: may they help/protect
• अवन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अव् ‘to help, protect’

• प्र: forth
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (avyaya)

• स्तोमासः: praise-hymns
• स्तोमासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (prātipadika)

• गीयमानासः: being sung
• गीयमानासः: Kartā (agreeing with स्तोमासः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √गै/√गी ‘to sing’

• अर्कैः: with hymns/verses (arches)
• अर्कैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (prātipadika)