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Rig Veda 6.20.13: Mandala 6, Sukta 20, Mantra 13

Sukta 6.20

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (hymn unit); verse references Dabhīti as praising figure
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely)

तव ह त्यदिन्द्र विश्वमाजौ सस्तो धुनीचुमुरी या ह सिष्वप् । दीदयदित्तुभ्यं सोमेभिः सुन्वन्दभीतिरिध्मभृतिः पक्थ्यर्कैः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.20.13

táva ha tyád indra víśvam ājā́u sástō dhunī-cúmurī yā́ ha sísvap | dī́dayad ít túbhyaṃ sómebhiḥ súnvan dabhītír idhmá-bhṛtiḥ pakthy àrkáiḥ ||

तव हि तत्, इन्द्र, विश्वं बलम् आजौ प्रशस्तम्—यदा धुनीचुमुरी तव सिष्वप् (इच्छया) निहतौ। पक्त्यानां दभीतिः इध्मभृतिः सोमैः सुन्वन् अर्कैश्च तुभ्यं दीदयत्—अभितेः (आकाङ्क्षायाः) अग्निर्देवाय ज्योतिषा प्रत्यवदत्।

तवof you / your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → तव
indeed / surely
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
त्यत्that (deed/thing)
त्यत्:
कर्म (object) [= ‘that (deed/thing)’]
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम) → त्यद्/त्यत् (वैदिक रूप)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वम्all / the whole
विश्वम्:
कर्म (object) [with implied ‘made/put’ etc.]
TypeAdjective/Pronoun-like adjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
आजौin the battle
आजौ:
अधिकरण (locus)
TypeNoun
Rootआजि (प्रातिपदिक)
सस्तःlying low / having lain (in wait)
सस्तः:
कर्ता (as qualifier of the subject, ‘he who…’)
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Rootसस् (धातु ‘to sleep/lie’; वैदिक) → सस्त (कृदन्त)
धुनीDhunī (a foe/demon)
धुनी:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootधुनि (प्रातिपदिक; name/epithet)
चुमुरीCumurī (a foe/demon)
चुमुरी:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootचुमुरी (प्रातिपदिक; name)
याःwho (fem. pl.) / which
याः:
कर्ता (of relative clause)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम) → या (स्त्री.)
indeed
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
सिष्वप्they slept / lay (inactive)
सिष्वप्:
क्रिया (of relative clause)
TypeVerb
Rootस्वप् (धातु ‘to sleep’) with intens./desid.-like Vedic formation सि-ष्वप्
दीदयत्he made (it) shine / he kindled
दीदयत्:
क्रिया (main)
TypeVerb
Rootदीद्/दिद् (धातु ‘to shine’) → दिद्यत्/दीदयत् (caus./intensive Vedic)
इत्just / indeed
इत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
तुभ्यम्for you
तुभ्यम्:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम) → तुभ्यम्
सोमेभिःwith soma-pressings
सोमेभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
सुन्वन्pressing (Soma)
सुन्वन्:
कर्ता (of implied ‘he/one…’)
TypeParticiple
Rootसु (धातु ‘to press (Soma)’) → सुन्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
अभीतिःfearlessness
अभीतिः:
कर्ता/भाव (as subject-noun: ‘fearlessness’)
TypeNoun
Rootअ-भीति (प्रातिपदिक) < √भी ‘to fear’ with negation
इध्मभृतिःbringing fuel (for the rite)
इध्मभृतिः:
कर्ता/भाव (coordinated subject-noun)
TypeNoun
Rootइध्म-भृति (समास; इध्म ‘fuel’ + भृति < √भृ ‘to bear’)
पक्थ्यैःwith Pakthya(-men) / with Pakthya (helpers)
पक्थ्यैः:
करण
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootपक्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Pakthya’/‘of the Pakthas’; also epithet)
अर्कैःwith hymns / praises
अर्कैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअर्क (प्रातिपदिक)

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