Rig Veda 6.75.3: Mandala 6, Sukta 75, Mantra 3

Sukta 6.75

Rishi: Bharadvāja (traditional)

Devata: Bowstring (Jyā) / martial efficacy personified

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वक्ष्यन्तीवेदा गनीगन्ति कर्णं प्रियं सखायं परिषस्वजाना । योषेव शिङ्क्ते वितताधि धन्वञ्ज्या इयं समने पारयन्ती ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.75.3

Transliteration

vakṣyántīvedā́ ganīganti kárṇaṃ priyáṃ sákhāyaṃ pariṣasvajānā́ | yóṣeva śíṅkte vitatā́dhi dhánvan jyā́ iyáṃ sámane pāráyantī ||

Translation

Словно женщина, томящаяся желанием, она снова и снова приходит к уху, обнимая милого друга; как супруга, она украшает себя — эта тетива, натянутая на лук, переносящая через схватку.

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Word by Word

• वक्ष्यन्ती: carrying/leading (as she does)
• वक्ष्यन्ती: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (वक्ष्-; √वह् ‘to carry/lead’)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• इद: indeed, just
• इद: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद्

• अगनीगन्ति: they keep going / they repeatedly go
• अगनीगन्ति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (√गम् ‘to go’) with intensive stem (गनीगम्-)

• कर्णम्: ear
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण

• प्रियम्: dear, beloved
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय

• सखायम्: companion, friend
• सखायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि

• परिषस्वजाना: embracing all around
• परिषस्वजाना: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वज् (√स्वज् ‘to embrace’) with preverb परि-

• योषा: a woman
• योषा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषा

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• शिङ्क्ते: she anoints/smears
• शिङ्क्ते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: शिच्/शिञ्च् (√शिच् ‘to sprinkle/anoint’; Vedic form शिङ्क्ते)

• वितता: stretched out, extended
• वितता: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: वि-तन् (√तन् ‘to stretch/spread’)

• अधि: upon, on
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि

• धन्वन्: on the bow
• धन्वन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्वन्

• ज्या: bowstring
• ज्या: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्या

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• समने: in the encounter/battle
• समने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: समन

• पारयन्ती: bringing across; carrying through (to victory)
• पारयन्ती: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: पॄ/पारय् (causative of √पॄ/√पॢ ‘to carry across, bring to the far side’)