Rig Veda 10.115.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 115, Mantra 6
Sukta 10.115
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kāṇva tradition indicated by 10.115.5; hymn as a whole is Kāṇva-associated)
Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (typical for Agni hymns in this register; verify by scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वाजिन्तमाय सह्यसे सुपित्र्य तृषु च्यवानो अनु जातवेदसे । अनुद्रे चिद्यो धृषता वरं सते महिन्तमाय धन्वनेदविष्यते ॥
Transliteration
vā́jintamāya sáhyase su-pitrya tṛṣú cyávāno ánu jā́tavedase | anudré cíd yó dhṛ́ṣatā váraṃ saté mahíntamāya dhánvanéd aviṣyate ||
Translation
वाजिन्तमाय सह्यसे सुपित्र्य तृषु च्यवानोऽनु जातवेदसे। अनुद्रे चिद्यो धृषता वरं सते महिन्तमाय धन्वनेदविष्यते॥
Word by Word
वाजिन्तमायto the most vigorous/most prize-winning (one)
वाजिन्तमाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeAdjective
Rootवाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक) < वाज (बल/वेग/अन्न) + इन्
सह्यसेyou are able; you prevail
सह्यसे:
क्रिया (मुख्य) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (त्वम्)
TypeVerb
Rootसह् (धातु) ‘सहने/जितने’
सुपित्र्यO well-ancestried one / O of good fathers
सुपित्र्य:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative) / Epithet
Rootसु-पितृय (प्रातिपदिक) < सु + पितृय ‘goodly in fathers/ancestral’
तृषुin/among the three
तृषु:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable (locative plural used adverbially) / Numeral form
Rootतृ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) ‘three’
च्यवानःmoving, gliding, streaming
च्यवानः:
कर्ता (विशेषणरूपेण) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootच्यु (धातु) ‘चलने/स्खलने/प्रवहने’
अनुafter, along, in accordance with
अनु:
उपपद/क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
जातवेदसेto Jātavedas (Agni)
जातवेदसे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक) — अग्नि का नाम
अनुद्रेin the onward-flowing (track/current)
अनुद्रे:
अधिकरण
TypeAdjective
Rootअनु-द्र (प्रातिपदिक) < अनु + द्र ‘running/flowing’ (वेदिक)
चित्even, indeed
चित्:
निपात
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय)
यःwho
यः:
कर्ता (सम्बन्धवाचक) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धृषताboldly, with daring
धृषता:
करण (रीति/साधन)
TypeIndeclinable (instrumental used adverbially)
Rootधृष् (धातु) ‘धृष्टि/साहस’
वरम्the best (choice/boon)
वरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘श्रेष्ठ/वरणीय’
सतेfor the true one / in the being (one)
सते:
अधिकरण
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootसत् (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) < अस् ‘to be’
महिन्तमायto the greatest
महिन्तमाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeAdjective
Rootमहिन्/मह (प्रातिपदिक) ‘महान्’ + तमप्
धन्वनेto the archer / to the bow-bearing one
धन्वने:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun/Epithet
Rootधन्वन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘धनुष्/धन्वा; धन्वन् = धनुर्धर/धनुष्मान्’
इद्just, indeed
इद्:
निपात
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (निपात)
अविष्यतेhe seeks protection; he is helped
अविष्यते:
क्रिया (समाप्त) / कर्ता (यः)
TypeVerb
Rootअव् (धातु) ‘रक्षणे/सहाय्ये’ (वेदिक प्रयोग)
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