Rig Veda 6.22.6: Mandala 6, Sukta 22, Mantra 6
Sukta 6.22
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अया ह त्यं मायया वावृधानं मनोजुवा स्वतवः पर्वतेन । अच्युता चिद्वीळिता स्वोजो रुजो वि दृळ्हा धृषता विरप्शिन् ॥
Transliteration
ayā́ ha tyáṃ māyáyā vāvṛdhānáṃ manó-juvā sva-taváḥ párvatena | ácyutā cid vīḷitā́ svòjo rújo ví dṛḷhā́ dhṛṣatā́ ví-rapśin ||
Translation
अयैव शक्त्या हि तं मायया वावृधानं मनोजुवं स्वतवः पर्वतेन । अच्युतां चिद्वीळितां स्वोजसा रुजो विदृळ्हा धृषता विरप्शिन् ॥
Word by Word
अयाby this (means), thus
अया:
Karaṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइदम् (प्रातिपदिक: अय- < इ-) / अव्यय-प्रयोग
हindeed, surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
त्यम्that (one), him
त्यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
माययाby (his) power/skill, by māyā
मायया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमाया (प्रातिपदिक)
वावृधानम्the strengthened/grown (one)
वावृधानम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple
Rootवृध् (धातु) → वावृधान (कृदन्त, परिपूर्ण/वर्धमान)
मनोजुवmind-swift, swift as thought
मनोजुव:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमनोजू (प्रातिपदिक; मनस् + जू ‘swift’)
स्वतवःself-strong, of innate might
स्वतवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootस्वतवस् (प्रातिपदिक; स्व-तवस् ‘self-might’)
पर्वतेनwith/like a mountain
पर्वतेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
अच्युताःunshaken, unfaltering
अच्युताः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootच्युत (√च्यु ‘to fall/move’) with privative a-
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
वीळिताःfirm-set, strongly fixed
वीळिताः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootवीळित (प्रातिपदिक; PPP from √वीळ/√वेल् ‘to press/force, to be firm’—Vedic ‘वीळु’ ‘stronghold/firmness’)
स्वोजःof his own vigor, self-strong
स्वोजः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootस्वोजस् (प्रातिपदिक; स्व-ओजस् ‘own vigor’)
रुजःbreaker, shatterer
रुजः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootरुज् (धातु ‘to break’) → रुज्/रुजस् (agent-noun/adj ‘breaker’)
विapart, asunder
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
दृळ्हाfirm (things), strongholds
दृळ्हा:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदृढ (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic spelling दृळ्ह)
धृषताboldly, with daring force
धृषता:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootधृष् (धातु ‘to dare, be bold’) → धृषत् (present participle/adj)
विapart, asunder
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रप्शिन्the rending one, the cleaver
रप्शिन्:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootरप्शिन् (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic epithet ‘rending/tearing’)
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