Rig Veda 6.26.3: Mandala 6, Sukta 26, Mantra 3
Sukta 6.26
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वं कविं चोदयोऽर्कसातौ त्वं कुत्साय शुष्णं दाशुषे वर्क् । त्वं शिरो अमर्मणः पराहन्नतिथिग्वाय शंस्यं करिष्यन् ॥
Transliteration
tváṃ kavíṃ codayo ’rká-sātau tváṃ kútsāya śúṣṇaṃ dāśúṣe várk | tváṃ śíro amármaṇaḥ párāhann atithi-gvā́ya śáṃsyaṃ kariṣyán ||
Translation
त्वं कविं चोदयः अर्कसातौ त्वं कुत्साय शुष्णं दाशुषे वर्क्। त्वं शिरो अमर्मणः पराहन्नतिथिग्वाय शंस्यं करिष्यन्॥
Word by Word
त्वम्thou (you)
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कविम्the sage/poet
कविम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
चोदयःyou impel/stir on
चोदयः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootचुद् (चोदयति)
अर्कसातौin/at the winning of hymns (in the contest of praise)
अर्कसातौ:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun (compound) / Locative phrase
Rootअर्क-साति (समास; अर्क ‘स्तुति/ऋक्’ + साति ‘प्राप्ति/विजय’)
त्वम्thou
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
कुत्सायto/for Kutsa
कुत्साय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeProper Noun
Rootकुत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
शुष्णम्Śuṣṇa (the foe/demon)
शुष्णम्:
कर्म
TypeProper Noun
Rootशुष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
दाशुषेto the worshipper/giver
दाशुषे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeParticiple used as Noun
Rootदाश्वस्/दाशुष् (PPP-like prātipadika from √दाश् ‘to give, worship, offer’)
वृक्the rending one; wolf-like (epithet)
वृक्:
कर्तृ (उपाधि/विशेषण)
TypeNoun/Epithet
Rootवृक् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wolf’/‘rending one’—epithet)
त्वम्thou
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
शिरःthe head
शिरः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अमर्मणःof the one without a vital spot; invulnerable
अमर्मणः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective (genitive)
Rootअ-मर्मन् (नञ्-समास; मर्मन् ‘vital spot’)
पराऽहन्you struck down/slew
पराऽहन्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (हनति) with preverb परा
अतिथिग्वायto/for Atithigva
अतिथिग्वाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeProper Noun
Rootअतिथिग्व (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
शंस्यम्praiseworthy (deed/boon)
शंस्यम्:
कर्म (फल/वस्तु)
TypeAdjective
Rootशंस्य (gerundive/adj. from √शंस् ‘to praise/proclaim’)
करिष्यन्about to do; intending to make
करिष्यन्:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeFuture active participle
Root√कृ (करोति)
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